Feasibility Study of Ultrasonic Computed Tomography-Guided High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 619-625

  Azhari, Haim ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast; HIFU; Speed of sound; Thermal monitoring; Through transmission; Ultrasonic computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BREAST; HIFU; THERMAL MONITORING; THROUGH TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABLATION THERAPY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEATING; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TEMPERATURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84857801796     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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