A method of reducing grating lobes associated with an ultrasound linear phased array intended for transrectal thermotherapy

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1010-1017

  Gavrilov, Leonid R ^a   Hand, Jeffrey W ^a   Abel, Paul ^a   Cain, Charles A ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISEASES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

PROSTATE DISEASES; TRANSRECTAL THERMOTHERAPY; ULTRASOUND LINEAR PHASED ARRAY;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS;

EID: 0031233588     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.655626     Document Type: Article

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