Intercostal high intensity focused ultrasound for liver ablation: The influence of beam shaping on sonication efficacy and near-field risks

Medical Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4685-4697

  De Greef, M ^a   Schubert, G ^b   Wijlemans, J W ^a   Koskela, J ^b   Bartels, L W ^a   Moonen, C T W ^a   Ries, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

high intensity focused ultrasound; near field heating; rib obstruction; simulation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; GEOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC ENERGY; BEAM-SHAPING; ENERGY DENSITY; FOCAL POINTS; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; NEAR FIELDS; NEAR-FIELD HEATING; RIB OBSTRUCTION; SIMULATION; VOLUMETRICS;

SONICATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PIG; RIB; SIMULATION; SOUND INTENSITY; THERMOMETRY; TRANSDUCER; TUMOR ABLATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MUSCLE; ORGANS AT RISK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; TEMPERATURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; LIVER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; ORGANS AT RISK; RIBS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84937232488     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: 24734209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4925056     Document Type: Article

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