Intra-operative ultrasound hand-held strain imaging for the visualization of ablations produced in the liver with a toroidal HIFU transducer: First in vivo results

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3131-3144

  Chenot, J ^a,b   Melodelima, D ^a,b   N'Djin, W A ^a,b   Souchon, Rémi ^a,b   Rivoire, M ^a,b,c   Chapelon, J Y ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATED REGIONS; B-MODE IMAGES; B-MODE IMAGING; CROSS-CORRELATION ALGORITHM; HIFU TRANSDUCERS; HIGH FRAME RATE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; IN-VIVO; INTRA-OPERATIVE; RADIOFREQUENCY SIGNALS; REAL TIME VISUALIZATION; STRAIN IMAGES; STRAIN IMAGING; THERMAL THERAPIES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ABLATION; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VISUALIZATION;

ULTRASONICS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SWINE; TIME; TRANSDUCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; LIVER; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77957732560     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/11/010     Document Type: Article

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