Monitoring of Thermal-Induced Changes in Liver Stiffness During Controlled Hyperthermia and Microwave Ablation in an Ex Vivo Bovine Model Using Point Shear Wave Elastography

Laura Crocetti,Francesca Calcagni,Giulia Gherarducci,Nevio Tosoratti,Claudio Amabile,Francesco Paolo Tarantino,Irene Bargellini,Simone Cassarino,Roberto Cioni,Davide Caramella

Monitoring of Thermal-Induced Changes in Liver Stiffness During Controlled Hyperthermia and Microwave Ablation in an Ex Vivo Bovine Model Using Point Shear Wave Elastography

2019

Laura Crocetti
Francesca Calcagni
Giulia Gherarducci
Nevio Tosoratti
Claudio Amabile
Francesco Paolo Tarantino
Irene Bargellini
Simone Cassarino
Roberto Cioni
Davide Caramella

Purpose To investigate liver stiffness changes—evaluated by point shear wave elastography (pSWE)—in controlled hyperthermia and microwave ablation (MWA) in an ex vivo animal model.

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Radiology
Biomedical engineering
Elastography
Hyperthermia
Stiffness
Liver stiffness
Ex vivo
Shear (sheet metal)
Microwave ablation
Medicine
Microwave
shear wave elastography
Ultrasound

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