Combined ultrasonic thermal ablation with interleaved ARFI Image monitoring using a single diagnostic curvilinear array: A feasibility study

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 217-232

  Bing, Kristin Frinkley ^a   Rouze, Ned C ^b   Palmeri, Mark L ^b   Rotemberg, Veronica M ^b   Nightingale, Kathryn R ^b  

^a GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

ARFI imaging; Diagnostic ultrasound; HIFU; Liver

Indexed keywords

LIVER;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIFU; IMAGE MONITORING; IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE; THERMAL ABLATION;

ABLATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LIVER; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER;

EID: 84861066926     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173461103300402     Document Type: Article

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