title: [A review of research progress of sonoelastography for the monitoring of HIFU therapy].
abstract: With the development of non-invasive therapeutic means such as high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), it has been of an importance how to monitor effectively the therapeutic process and to evaluate the outcome of the therapy. Sonoelastography has been a hot research field in recent years as an effective method for tissue characterization. This article focuses on the research progress of sonoelastography for the guidance of HIFU therapy at present, and reveals the potential possibility of sonoelastograhy guided HIFU Therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Ultrasonic Medicine Engineering Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Faqi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D057086:High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome