Experimental Evaluation of a Prototype Cylindrical Section Ultrasound Hyperthermia Phased-Array Applicator

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 510-520

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING--HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CYLINDERS--MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

PROTOTYPE CYLINDRICAL SECTIONS; SINGLE/MULTIPLE FOCUS PATTERNS; ULTRASOUND HYPERTHERMIA PHASED-ARRAY APPLICATOR;

ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0026220889     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.84298     Document Type: Article

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