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New surgery study findings have been published by scientists at Ruhr University

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 8th, 2008

"Intracranial lesions are often characterized by different elasticities. The aim of the present study was to test the application of vibrography during brain tumor surgery," scientists writing in the journal Ultraschall in der Medizin report.

"The real-time vibrography system consisted of a conventional ultrasound system (Siemens Sonoline Omnia) with a custom-designed RF interface and a 6.5-MHz endocavity curved array (Siemens 6.5EC10). The RF data were digitized using a 50-MHz, 12-bit PCI analog/digital (A/D) converter for real-time or offline processing. Static compression was replaced by low-frequency axial vibration of the probe. A special applicator equipped...

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