Low-profile lenses for ultrasound surgery

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1803-1813

  Fjield, Todd ^a   Silcox, Christina Elise ^a   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LENS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THICKNESS; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; POLYSTYRENES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0032802547     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/7/317     Document Type: Article

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