Direct Computation of Ultrasound Phased-Array Driving Signals from a Specified Temperature Distribution for Hyperthermia

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 825-835

  McGough, Robert J ^a   Ebbini, Emad S ^a   Cain, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER--MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS--MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ACOUSTIC POWER DEPOSITION; BIOHEAT TRANSFER EQUATION; HYPERTHERMIA CANCER THERAPY; PHASED ARRAY DRIVING SIGNALS; ULTRASOUND HYPERTHERMIA; ULTRASOUND PHASED ARRAYS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; HYPERTHERMIA; PERFUSION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0026901865     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.148390     Document Type: Article

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