Real-time ultrasound elasticity imaging for liver RF ablation assessment: Preliminary ex vivo and in vivo animal studies

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 139-142

  Xie, Hua ^a   Fernandez, Anna T ^b   Bae, Unmin ^c   Xu, Sheng ^a   Kruecker, Jochen ^a   Karanian, John ^d   Chiesa, Alberto ^d   Pritchard, William F ^d   Wood, Bradford J ^e  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON   (United States)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver RF ablation; Real time ultrasound elasticity imaging; RF electrode; RF needle; Strain imaging

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; HEALTH CARE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAMMALS; NEEDLES; PATHOLOGY; PROBES; STARS; STRAIN; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

DIMENSION MEASUREMENTS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REAL-TIME COMPRESSION; RF ABLATIONS; RF ELECTRODES; STRAIN IMAGING; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASOUND ELASTICITY IMAGING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 77952854627     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2009.5441783     Document Type: Conference Paper

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