Computationally Efficient Algorithms for Control of Ultrasound Phased-Array Hyperthermia Applicators Based on a Pseudoinverse Method

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 274-277

  Wang, Hong ^a,b   Ebbini, Emad ^a,b   Cain, Charles A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS--PHASED ARRAYS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT--ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

PHASED-ARRAY FIELD PATTERN SYNTHESIS; PHASED-ARRAY HYPERTHEMIA APPLICATOR; PSEUDOINVERSE METHOD; ULTRASONIC HYPERTHEMIA APPLICATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0025434771     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.55318     Document Type: Article

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