Quantitative assessment of thermal lesion stiffness in the liver: Initial ex vivo results

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2098-2101

  Xie, Hua ^a   Zhou, Shiwei ^a   Shamdasani, Vijay ^b   Shi, Yan ^a   Robert, Jean Luc ^a   Fraser, John ^b   Chen, Shigao ^c   Greenleaf, James F ^c  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

RF ablation; RF electrode; RF needle; shear modulus; shear wave; ultrasound elastography

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY MEASUREMENT; ELASTOGRAPHY; EX-VIVO; IMAGE PLANE; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; IMAGING PLANE; LIVER TISSUE; MEDICAL SYSTEMS; NEEDLE SHAFT; OFF-LINE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PEAK DISPLACEMENT; PHILIPS; PULSE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION; RF ELECTRODES; STIFFNESS INCREASE; TARGET TEMPERATURE; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL LESION; TISSUE STIFFNESS; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SYSTEM;

ABLATION; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEEDLES; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR WAVES; TISSUE;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 84869005889     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2011.0520     Document Type: Conference Paper

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