A parametric study of the concentric-ring transducer design for MRI guided ultrasound surgery

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 2 I, 1996, Pages 1220-1230

  Fjield, Todd ^a   Fan, Xiaobing ^a   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; HYPERTHERMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 0029809701     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.416217     Document Type: Article

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