Title :
Vibro-acoustography imaging applications for the prostate
Author :
Fatemi, Mostafa ; Mitri, Farid G.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Med., Dept. of Physiol. & Biomed. Eng., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Abstract :
Vibro-acoustography (VA) is a novel modality that has shown significant features in imaging hard inclusions and inhomogeneities within biological tissue. Here we focus on its applications for prostate imaging as well as some of its related feasibility studies to guide minimally-invasive therapies such as brachytherapy and cryosurgery.
Keywords :
bioacoustics; biomedical ultrasonics; brachytherapy; surgery; biological tissue; brachytherapy; cryosurgery; hard inclusions; minimally-invasive therapies; prostate; vibroacoustography imaging; Brachytherapy; Cryotherapy; Elasticity Imaging Techniques; Humans; Male; Prostate; Prostatic Neoplasms; Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2009. EMBC 2009. Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3296-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333695
