A hybrid computational model for ultrasound phased-array heating in presence of strongly scattering obstacles

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1039-1050

  Botros, Y Y ^a   Vanbaren, P ^a   Ebbini, E S ^a   Volakis, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment; Phased array focusing; Ultrasonic hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; ONCOLOGY; SURGERY; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

HYBRID RAY PHYSICAL OPTICS (HRPO) MODEL; ULTRASONIC PHASED ARRAY HEATING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; HEART; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LIVER; RIB; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIBS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0031281372     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.641331     Document Type: Article

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