In vivo heating of the guinea-pig fetal brain by pulsed ultrasound and estimates of thermal index

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1467-1474

  Horder, Margot M ^a   Barnett, Stanley B ^b   Vella, Gilbert J ^c   Edwards, Marshall J ^a   Wood, Andrew K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioeffects; Fetus; Hyperthermia; Pulsed ultrasound; Temperature; Thermal index; Ultrasound safety

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE; BRAIN; HEATING; HYPOTHERMIA; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BIOEFFECTS; FETUS; PULSED ULTRASOUND; THERMAL INDEX; ULTRASOUND SAFETY;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; GUINEA PIG; HYPERTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HEAT; PREGNANCY; SKULL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032410857     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00111-2     Document Type: Article

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