MRI compatible head phantom for ultrasound surgery

Ultrasonics

Volumn 57, Issue C, 2015, Pages 144-152

  Menikou, Georgios ^a   Dadakova, Tetiana ^c   Pavlina, Matt ^c   Bock, Michael ^c   Damianou, Christakis ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; MRI; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ALGAE; BRAIN; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYSACCHARIDES; SILICA; SILICA GEL; STYRENE; SURGERY; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION; ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE STYRENE; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND SURGERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING COMPATIBLE (MRI); ULTRASONIC HEATING; ULTRASOUND SURGERY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL; SURGERY; THERMOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SKULL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMOMETRY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 84925287358     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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