An investigation of penetration depth control using parallel opposed ultrasound arrays and a scanning reflector

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1734-1741

  Moros, Eduardo G ^a   Fan, Xiaobing ^a   Straube, William L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; HYPERTHERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; ULTRASOUND;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0031048617     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.418154     Document Type: Article

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