Dynamic Changes of Integrated Backscatter, Attenuation Coefficient and Bubble Activities During High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Treatment

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1828-1844

  Zhang, Siyuan ^a   Wan, Mingxi ^a   Zhong, Hui ^a   Xu, Cheng ^a   Liao, Zhenzhong ^a   Liu, Huanqing ^a   Wang, Supin ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Cavitation; HIFU; Integrated backscatter

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PARAMETERS; ACOUSTIC POWER; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; B-MODE IMAGES; B-MODE ULTRASOUND IMAGES; BOVINE LIVER; BROADBAND NOISE; BUBBLE CLOUD; COMPLEX PATTERN; DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND; DUTY CYCLES; DYNAMIC CHANGES; ECHOGENIC; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER; PASSIVE CAVITATION DETECTION; PROPERTY CHANGES; RADIO-FREQUENCY DATUM; REAL TIME MONITORING; SUBHARMONICS; TIME TRACE; TRANSIENT CHARACTERISTIC; TRANSPARENT TISSUE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BACKSCATTERING; CAVITATION; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; LIVER PARENCHYMA; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOFREQUENCY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 74449091314     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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