Multifrequency Ultrasound Transducers for Conformal Interstitial Thermal Therapy

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 881-889

  Chopra, Rajiv ^a   Luginbuhl, Chris ^a   Foster, F Stuart ^a   Bronskill, Michael J ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; HEAT TREATMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SIZE DETERMINATION;

THERMAL THERAPY;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BURN; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BURNS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIVER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0042764331     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1214507     Document Type: Article

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