Design and Experimental Evaluation of an Intracavitary Ultrasound Phased Array System for Hyperthermia

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 1178-1187

  Buchanan, Mark T ^a   Hynynen, Kullervo ^b  

^a Department of Radiology Division of MRI ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ARRAYS; DISEASES; EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE SHIFTERS;

HYPERTHERMIA; INTRACAVITY PHASED ARRAYS; PERFUSED PHANTOM STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY POWER METERS; TUMOR; ULTRASOUND PHASED ARRAY SYSTEM;

ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

ACOUSTICS; AMPLIFIER; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DOG; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; KIDNEY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PROSTATE CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0028630512     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.335866     Document Type: Article

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