An increase in cellular size variance contributes to the increase in ultrasound backscatter during cell death

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1546-1558

  Vlad, Roxana M ^a   Saha, Ratan K ^b   Alajez, Nehad M ^a   Ranieri, Shawn ^c   Czarnota, Gregory J ^a,d   Kolios, Michael C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticancer therapies; Apoptosis and mitotic arrest; Cell death; Cellular size variance; Cellular sizes distribution; Monte Carlo algorithm; Scatterer distribution; Simulation; Ultrasound integrated backscatter

Indexed keywords

ANTI-CANCER THERAPIES; APOPTOSIS; CELLULAR SIZE VARIANCE; CELLULAR SIZES DISTRIBUTION; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER; MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS; SCATTERER DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; BACKSCATTERING; CELL CULTURE; CHEMOTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ULTRASONICS;

CELL DEATH;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CELL DEATH; CELL SIZE; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION; TUMOR CELL LINE; VARIANCE;

ALGORITHMS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 77955826556     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.05.025     Document Type: Article

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