Time to threshold (TT), a safety parameter for heating by diagnostic ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 755-764

  Lubbers, Jaap ^a,c   Hekkenberg, Rob T ^b   Bezemer, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heating; Safety; Temperature; Thermal index; TI; Time to threshold; TT; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); DIAGNOSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS;

THERMAL INDEX (TI);

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 0037660319     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00790-1     Document Type: Article

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