Ultrasonic Assessment of Thermal Therapy in Rat Liver

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2130-2137

  Kemmerer, Jeremy P ^a   Oelze, Michael L ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Backscatter coefficient; HIFU; Hyperthermia; Quantitative ultrasound; Sound speed; Thermal therapy; Ultrasonic tissue properties

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; HIFU; HYPERTHERMIA; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; SOUND SPEED; THERMAL THERAPIES; TISSUE PROPERTIES;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BACKSCATTERING; ESTIMATION; RATS; TISSUE;

HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEATING; HEPATOGRAPHY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAT; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; SOUND PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMAL INJURY; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; LIVER; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84870298438     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.07.024     Document Type: Article

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