Miniaturised ultrasonic aspiration handpiece for increased applicability

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-46

  Wiksell, Hans ^a,b   Martin, Harvey ^c   Coakham, Hugh ^d   Berggren, Anders ^b   Westermark, Sara ^a,b,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Box 39011 S 100 54 ^*  (Sweden)

^c Elekta Surgical Instruments Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Div Med Eng NOVUM Karolinska I ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain tumour surgery; Micro surgery; Tissue selective dissection; Ultrasonic surgical aspiration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIATURIZATION; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; SOFTWARE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0034093734     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-8266(99)00069-5     Document Type: Article

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