The feasibility of using thermal strain imaging to regulate energy delivery during intracardiac radio-frequency ablation

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1406-1417

  Seo, Chi Hyung ^a   Stephens, Douglas N ^b   Cannata, Jonathan ^c   Dentinger, Aaron ^d   Lin, Feng ^e   Park, Suhyun ^d   Wildes, Douglas ^d   Thomenius, Kai E ^d   Chen, Peter ^f   Nguyen, Tho ^f   De La Rama, Alan ^f   Jeong, Jong Seob ^g   Mahajan, Aman ^h   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^h   Nikoozadeh, Amin ⁱ   Oralkan, Omer ⁱ   Truong, Uyen ^j   Sahn, David J ^k   Khuri Yakub, Pierre T ^l   O'Donnell, Matthew ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b Davis   (United States)

^c University of Southern California   (United States)

^d GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e GE HEALTHCARE   (China)

^f St Jude Medical   (United States)

^g Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^k OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Stanford University   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ABLATIVE THERAPY; ARRHENIUS EQUATION; CARDIAC MUSCLES; ENERGY DELIVERY; HEATING TIME; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIES; POTENTIAL TOOL; RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION; SHORT PERIODS; SLOPE CHANGE; SOUND SPEED; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; THERMAL STRAIN; THERMAL STRAIN IMAGING; TISSUE DAMAGE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEATING; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ABLATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CYTOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART SURGERY; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HOT TEMPERATURE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MYOCARDIUM; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE;

EID: 79960489203     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.1960     Document Type: Article

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