High-Frequency Ultrasound M-Mode Imaging for Identifying Lesion and Bubble Activity During High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 626-641

  Kumon, Ronald E ^a,b   Gudur, Madhu S R ^a   Zhou, Yun ^a   Deng, Cheri X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac ablation; Echo decorrelation; High frequency ultrasound; High intensity focused ultrasound; Spectrum analysis; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC ABLATION; ECHO-DECORRELATION; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

ABLATION;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CARDIAC IMAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; GAS ANALYSIS; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROC CURVE; SWINE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84862789359     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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