In vivo liver tracking with a high volume rate 4D ultrasound scanner and a 2D matrix array probe

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1359-1374

  Bell, Muyinatu A Lediju ^a,b   Byram, Brett C ^b   Harris, Emma J ^a   Evans, Philip M ^a   Bamber, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D MATRIX ARRAYS; 3D SPECKLE TRACKING; BEATING HEART; BREATH HOLDS; BREATHING CYCLE; CARDIAC ACTIVITY; ECHO DATA; HARDWARE RESTRICTIONS; HEART RATES; IN-VIVO; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ARRAYS; LOWER FREQUENCIES; PERIODIC MOTION; PHASE-SENSITIVE; RECEIVE BEAMFORMING; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARED; SCAN RATES; ULTRASOUND ECHO; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS; VOLUME DATA; VOLUME RATE;

DATA HANDLING; ESTIMATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PROBES; SPECKLE; ULTRASONICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER; MOTION; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84857554029     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/5/1359     Document Type: Article

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