Visualizing ex vivo radiofrequency and microwave ablation zones using electrode vibration elastography

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6692-6700

  Dewall, Ryan J ^a,b   Varghese, Tomy ^a,b   Brace, Chris L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

shear wave imaging; thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ELECTRODES; MAMMALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROWAVES; PATHOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; MAXIMUM DISPLACEMENT; PEARSON COEFFICIENT; RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION; SHEAR WAVE IMAGING; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; THERMAL ABLATION;

ABLATION;

EID: 84868521110     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4758061     Document Type: Article

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