Computer-aided tissue characterization using ultrasound-induced thermal effects: Analytical formulation and in-vitro animal study

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7968, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Daoud, Mohammad I ^a   Mousavi, Parvin ^b   Imani, Farhad ^b   Rohling, Robert ^a   Abolmaesumi, Purang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

acoustic propagation; thermal effects; time series analysis; Tissue characterization; ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION; ANALYTICAL FORMULATION; ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANIMAL STUDIES; ANIMAL TISSUE; BOVINE LIVER; CHICKEN BREAST; CLINICAL PROCEDURE; IN-VITRO; PROSTATE TISSUE; RADIO FREQUENCIES; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE TYPES; TISSUE TYPING; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ANIMALS; CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TIME SERIES; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 79957944353     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.877754     Document Type: Conference Paper

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