Imaging feedback of histotripsy treatments using ultrasound shear wave elastography

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1167-1181

  Wang, Tzu Yin ^a   Hall, Timothy L ^a   Xu, Zhen ^a   Fowlkes, J Brian ^a,b   Cain, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; B-MODE IMAGES; CAPTURED FRAME; EX-VIVO; FRAMES PER SECONDS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES; INTACT CELLS; REPETITION RATE; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SOFT-SOLID; TISSUE ELASTICITY; TISSUE PHANTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOMES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND PULSE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; SHEAR WAVES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

TISSUE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SWINE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SWINE; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 84862676775     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2307     Document Type: Article

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