The feasibility of ultrasound backscatter homodyned K model parametric imaging (termed homodyned K imaging) to monitor coagulation zone during microwave ablation was investigated. Two recent estimators for the homodyned K model parameter, RSK (the estimation method based on the signal-to-noise ratio, the skewness, and the kurtosis of the amplitude envelope of ultrasound) and XU (the estimation method based on the first moment of the intensity of ultrasound,
Algorithms ; Animals ; Liver/diagnostic imaging* ; Microwaves ; Radiofrequency Ablation ; Swine ; Ultrasonography

The methods of monitoring the thermal ablation of tumor are compared and analyzed in recent years. The principle method results and insufficient of ultrasound elastography and quantitative ultrasound imaging are discussed. The results show that ultrasonic tissue signature has great development space in the field of real-time monitoring of thermal ablation, but there are still some problems such as insufficient monitoring accuracy difficulty in whole-course monitoring and insufficient
Catheter Ablation ; Elasticity Imaging Techniques ; Humans ; Hyperthermia, Induced ; Liver/surgery* ; Neoplasms/surgery* ; Ultrasonography