Investigation of directional interstitial ultrasound applicators for thermal coagulation of tissue

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3249, Issue , 1998, Pages 13-19

  Nau, William H ^a   Diederich, Chris J ^a   Stauffer, Paul R ^a   Deardorff, Dana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia; Interstitial; Prostate; Thermal ablation; Tumor; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CHEMOTHERAPY; COAGULATION; DOSIMETRY; MUSCLE; TRANSDUCERS; TUMORS;

THERMAL DOSIMETRY;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0032225577     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.304351     Document Type: Conference Paper

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