Mechanisms of lesion formation in high intensity focused ultrasound therapy

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1443-1446

  Chen, Wen Shiang ^a   Lafon, Cyril ^b   Matula, Thomas J ^a   Vaezy, Shahram ^a   Crum, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); HEATING; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

CAVITATION EFFECTS; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND THERAPY; LESIONS; OPTISON ULTRASOUND AGENTS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0036992345     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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