Acoustical Evaluation of a Prototype Sector-Vortex Phased-Array Applicator

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 32-38

  Umemura, Shin Ichiro ^a,b   Cain, Charles A ^b  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING--HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; HYDROPHONES--MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; LEAD COMPOUNDS--MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, MOSFET--MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS--MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ACOUSTICAL EVALUATION METHODS; BESSEL FUNCTIONS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FIELD PATTERNS; PROTOTYPE SECTOR-VORTEX PHASED-ARRAY APPLICATOR; ULTRASOUND HYPERTHERMIA;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0026765510     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.166807     Document Type: Article

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