ArticleBiomedical physics & engineering express2016
Use of Shear Wave Ultrasound Vibrometry for Detection of Simulated Esophageal Malignancy in
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Abstract
Esophageal cancer is a malignant neoplasm with poor outcomes. Determination of local disease progression is a major determining factor in treatment modality, radiation dose, radiation field and subsequent surgical therapy. Discrimination of true tumor extent is difficult given the similarity of soft tissues of the malignancy compared to non-malignant tissues using current imaging modalities. A possible method to discriminate between these tissues may be to exploit mechanical properties to diagnostic advantage, as malignant tissues tend to be stiffer relative to normal adjacent tissue. Shear waves propagate faster in stiffer tissues relative to softer tissues. This may be measured by using ultrasound based shear wave vibrometry. In this method, acoustic radiation force is used to create a shear wave in the tissue of interest and ultrafast ultrasound imaging is used to track the propagating wave to measure the wave velocity and estimate the shear moduli. In this study we created simulated malignant lesions (1.5 cm length) using radiofrequency ablation in
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