Production of harmonics in vitro by high-intensity focused ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1417-1424

  Clarke, R L ^a   Ter Haar, G R ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorbed power; Enhancement; Focused ultrasound; Harmonics; In vitro; Intensities; Nonlinearity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; LIVER; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONICS;

TISSUE; ULTRASONIC ABSORPTION; WATER;

HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND (HIFU);

ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

EID: 0032586113     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00088-5     Document Type: Article

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