Photoacoustic imaging of brachytherapy seeds using a channel-domain ultrasound array system

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7899, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Harrison, Tyler ^a   Zemp, Roger J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Photoacoustic imaging; Ultrasound flash imaging

Indexed keywords

1064 NM; ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHICKEN TISSUE; COREGISTERED; FLUENCES; HUMAN SKIN; IMAGING MODALITY; MULTI CORE; NEEDLE GUIDANCE; OPTICAL WAVELENGTH; PARALLEL CHANNEL; PCI EXPRESS; PENETRATION DEPTH; PHOTO-ACOUSTIC IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGE; PHOTOACOUSTIC SYSTEMS; PROSTATE CANCERS; PULSE SEQUENCE; RADIATION THERAPY; REAL TIME; SIGNAL TO NOISE; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR LOCATION; ULTRASOUND ARRAYS; ULTRASOUND FLASH IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; ONCOLOGY; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SEED; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 79955520544     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.875550     Document Type: Conference Paper

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