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Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of thermally- and chemically-induced lesions in soft tissues: preliminary ex vivo results.

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Fahey, BJ; Nightingale, KR; Stutz, DL; Trahey, GE
Published in: Ultrasound in medicine & biology
March 2004

The ability of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging to visualize thermally- and chemically-induced lesions in soft tissues was investigated. Lesions were induced in freshly excised bovine liver samples. Chemical lesions were induced via the injection of formaldehyde and thermal lesions were created using a radiofrequency (RF) ablation system. Although conventional sonography was unable to visualize induced lesions, ARFI imaging was capable of monitoring lesion size and boundaries. Agreement was observed between lesion size in ARFI images and in results from pathology. The fact that ARFI imaging requires no additional equipment aside from that needed for conventional ultrasonic imaging makes it a promising modality for monitoring lesion development in situations where sonography is already involved as a guiding mechanism, such as in procedures requiring precise catheter placement.

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Published In

Ultrasound in medicine & biology

DOI

EISSN

1879-291X

ISSN

0301-5629

Publication Date

March 2004

Volume

30

Issue

3

Start / End Page

321 / 328

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonography
  • Liver Neoplasms
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Formaldehyde
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Cattle
  • Catheter Ablation
  • Animals
  • Acoustics
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Fahey, B. J., Nightingale, K. R., Stutz, D. L., & Trahey, G. E. (2004). Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of thermally- and chemically-induced lesions in soft tissues: preliminary ex vivo results. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 30(3), 321–328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2003.11.012
Fahey, Brian J., Kathryn R. Nightingale, Deborah L. Stutz, and Gregg E. Trahey. “Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of thermally- and chemically-induced lesions in soft tissues: preliminary ex vivo results.Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology 30, no. 3 (March 2004): 321–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2003.11.012.
Fahey BJ, Nightingale KR, Stutz DL, Trahey GE. Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of thermally- and chemically-induced lesions in soft tissues: preliminary ex vivo results. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 2004 Mar;30(3):321–8.
Fahey, Brian J., et al. “Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of thermally- and chemically-induced lesions in soft tissues: preliminary ex vivo results.Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, vol. 30, no. 3, Mar. 2004, pp. 321–28. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2003.11.012.
Fahey BJ, Nightingale KR, Stutz DL, Trahey GE. Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of thermally- and chemically-induced lesions in soft tissues: preliminary ex vivo results. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 2004 Mar;30(3):321–328.
Journal cover image

Published In

Ultrasound in medicine & biology

DOI

EISSN

1879-291X

ISSN

0301-5629

Publication Date

March 2004

Volume

30

Issue

3

Start / End Page

321 / 328

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonography
  • Liver Neoplasms
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Formaldehyde
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Cattle
  • Catheter Ablation
  • Animals
  • Acoustics
  • 3202 Clinical sciences