Performance assessment of HIFU lesion detection by harmonic motion imaging for focused ultrasound (HMIFU): A 3-D finite-element-based framework with experimental validation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2013-2027

  Hou, Gary Y ^a   Luo, Jianwen ^a   Marquet, Fabrice ^a   Maleke, Caroline ^a   Vappou, Jonathan ^a   Konofagou, Elisa E ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity imaging; Finite element analysis (FEA); Harmonic motion imaging for focused ultrasound (HMIFU); High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) monitoring; Therapeutic ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY IMAGING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); HARMONIC MOTION IMAGING; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND;

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EX VIVO STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HARMONIC MOTION IMAGING FOR FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER INJURY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THERMAL INJURY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VALIDATION PROCESS; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOGS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82955195874     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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