One-dimensional phased array with mechanical motion for conformal ultrasound hyperthermia

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-182

  Ju, Kuen Cheng ^a   Chen, Yung Yaw ^a   Lin, Win Li ^a   Kuo, Te Son ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEATING; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

CONFORMAL HEATING;

HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEATING; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SKIN; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEAT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0037458237     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/2/303     Document Type: Article

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