Ultrasound cylindrical phased array for transoesophageal thermal therapy: Initial studies

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 4191-4203

  Melodelima, David ^a   Lafon, Cyril ^a   Prat, Frederic ^b   Birer, Alain ^a   Cathignol, Dominique ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASOUND THERMOTHERAPY;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON BEAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; SWINE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; NECROSIS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONICS; WATER;

EID: 0037038922     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/23/306     Document Type: Article

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