A study of various parameters of spherically curved phased arrays for noninvasive ultrasound surgery

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 591-608

  Fan, Xiaobing ^a,b   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; TISSUE NECROSIS; ULTRASOUND;

HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MATHEMATICS; NECROSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SURGERY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0029920616     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/4/002     Document Type: Article

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