Acoustic Droplet Vaporization for Enhancement of Thermal Ablation by High Intensity Focused Ultrasound

Academic Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1123-1132

  Zhang, Man ^a   Fabiilli, Mario L ^a   Haworth, Kevin J ^a   Padilla, Frederic ^a,b   Swanson, Scott D ^a   Kripfgans, Oliver D ^a   Carson, Paul L ^a   Fowlkes, Jeffrey Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UPMC Univ Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

In vivo; Microbubble; Minimally invasive therapy; Thermal lesion size; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ABLATION THERAPY; ACOUSTIC DROPLET VAPORIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL ABLATION; VAPORIZATION; VISIBLE MACROSCOPIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; DOGS; FLUOROCARBONS; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROBUBBLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 79960995553     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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