An Acoustic Backscatter-Based Method for Localization of Lesions Induced by High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 610-622

  Zheng Xinliang, X ^a   Vaezy, Shahram ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Decay rate; Diagnosis; Focus; HIFU; Hyperecho; Localization; RF; Therapy; Thermal lesion

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER; B-MODE IMAGES; BACK-SCATTERED; CAVITATION ACTIVITY; CHICKEN BREAST; DECAY RATE; EX-VIVO; FOCAL REGIONS; FOCUS; FUNCTION OF TIME; HIFU TRANSDUCERS; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; LESION FORMATION; LOCALIZATION ACCURACY; PROCESSING METHOD; RADIOFREQUENCY SIGNALS; SOFT TISSUE; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; THERMAL LESION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) IMAGES;

CAVITATION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; VISUALIZATION;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BREAST; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EX VIVO STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL DETECTION; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; BREAST; CHICKENS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77950341484     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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