Focusing of therapeutic ultrasound through a human skull: A numerical study

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 3 I, 1998, Pages 1705-1715

  Sun, Jie ^a   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CALCULATION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; ULTRASOUND; VOLUNTEER;

HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKULL; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0031694165     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.424383     Document Type: Article

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