Design and in vitro results of a high intensity ultrasound interstitial applicator

Ultrasonics

Volumn 36, Issue 1-5, 1998, Pages 683-687

  Lafon, C ^a   Chapelon, J Y ^a   Prat, F ^b   Gorry, F ^a   Theillere Y ^a   Cathignol, D ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia; Interstitial technique; Plane transducer; Short exposure duration

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

INTERSTITIAL TECHNIQUES; SHORT EXPOSURE DURATION;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; GAS; HEAT; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; SWINE; TIME; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VOLATILIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; GASES; HEAT; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LIVER; NECROSIS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0031987370     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(97)00139-X     Document Type: Article

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