In Vivo evaluation of a mechanically oscillating dual-mode applicator for ultrasound imaging and thermal ablation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-92

  Owen, Neil R ^a,b   Bouchoux, Guillaume ^c   Seket, Belhassen ^a,c,d   Murillo Rincon, Adriana ^c   Merouche, Samir ^c   Birer, Alain ^c   Paquet, Christian ^a,b   Delabrousse, Eric ^a,b,e   Chapelon, Jean Yves ^c   Berriet, Rémi ^f   Fleury, Gérard ^f   Lafon, Cyril ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^f IMASONIC   (France)

Author keywords

Dual mode; Imaging; Interstitial; Therapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; CONTRAST RATIO; DUAL MODE IMAGING; DUAL MODES; GRAY SCALE; IMAGE GUIDANCES; IN-VIVO; INSERTION SITE; LESION DEPTH; LIVER TUMORS; M-MODE DATA; REAL TIME MONITORING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL ABLATION; THERMAL DAMAGE; TIME-AVERAGED; TISSUE RESPONSE; TISSUE TEMPERATURES; TRANSDUCER SURFACE; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; APPLICATORS; COAGULATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; IMPULSE RESPONSE; LIVER; TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; COAGULATION NECROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER PERFUSION; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; LIVER; OSCILLOMETRY; SWINE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 76649116841     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2009.2023994     Document Type: Article

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