Feasibility of A-mode ultrasound attenuation as a monitoring method of local hyperthermia treatment

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 967-981

  Manaf, Noraida Abd ^a   Aziz, Maizatul Nadwa Che ^a   Ridzuan, Dzulfadhli Saffuan ^a   Mohamad Salim, Maheza Irna ^a   Wahab, Asnida Abd ^a   Lai, Khin Wee ^b   Hum, Yan Chai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c TECHNOLOGY PARK MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Local hyperthermia; Monitoring; One dimensional ultrasound; Total protein

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; COAGULATION; COLLAGEN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONITORING; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; HYPERTHERMIA TREATMENTS; LOCAL HYPERTHERMIA; MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; REAL TIME MONITORING SYSTEM; TOTAL PROTEIN; ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS;

TISSUE;

COLLAGEN; PROTEIN;

A SCAN; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER TISSUE; COLLAGEN FIBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MANUALLY CONTROLLED ULTRASOUND PULSER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; THERMOTHERAPY; TISSUE LEVEL; TISSUE NECROSIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TUMOR NECROSIS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE; UDDER; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84991316326     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: 17410444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-016-1480-2     Document Type: Article

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