Design and experimental verification of thin acoustic lenses for the coagulation of large tissue volumes

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2341-2354

  Fjield, Todd ^a   Sorrentino, Vincenza ^a   Cline, Harvey ^b   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; LASER COAGULATION; LENS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; THICKNESS; THIGH; TISSUE NECROSIS; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LENSES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECROSIS; POLYSTYRENES; RABBITS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0031458308     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/12/003     Document Type: Article

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