Arrays of multielement ultrasound applicators for interstitial hyperthermia

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 880-890

  Lee Rena, J ^a   Buchanan, Mark ^a   Kleine, Lawrence J ^a   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Hyperthermia; Interstitial; Multielement applicator arrays; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CATHETERS; FREQUENCIES; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; INTERSTITIAL HYPERTHERMIA; MULTIELEMENT ULTRASOUND APPLICATORS;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; INTERSTITIAL HYPERTHERMIA; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; DOGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; KIDNEY; LIVER; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMOMETERS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033045723     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.771202     Document Type: Article

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