A Spherical-Section Ultrasound Phased Array Applicator for Deep Localized Hyperthermia

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1991, Pages 634-643

  Ebbini, Emad S ^a   Cain, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; SPHERES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

DEEP LOCALIZED HYPERTHERMIA; DIRECTLY SYNTHESIZED HEATING PATTERNS; SPHERICAL SECTION PHASED ARRAYS; SPOT SCANNING APPLICATORS; ULTRASOUND PHASED ARRAY APPLICATORS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYPERTHERMIA; ULTRASOUND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0026189256     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.83562     Document Type: Article

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