Variable Frequency Field Conjugate Lenses for Ultrasound Hyperthermia

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 825-831

  Lalonde, Ron ^a,c   Hunt, John W ^b,c  

^a JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; LENSES; ULTRASONIC DIFFRACTION; ULTRASONIC REFRACTION; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

FIELD CONJUGATE LENSES; FRESNEL DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; GAIN MAXIMIZATION; ULTRASOUND HYPERTHERMIA; VARIABLE FREQUENCY FOCUSING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0029378407     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.464838     Document Type: Article

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