Polyacrylamide gel as an acoustic coupling medium for focused ultrasound therapy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1351-1358

  Prokop, Adrian F ^a   Vaezy, Shahram ^a,b   Noble, Misty L ^a   Kaczkowski, Peter J ^b   Martin, Roy W ^a,b   Crum, Lawrence A ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic coupling; Attenuation measurement; High intensity focused ultrasound; Hydrogel; Polyacrylamide

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS;

HEPATIC INCISION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; WATER;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BLEEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEMOSTASIS; INCISION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPLEEN; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VELOCITY;

EID: 0141638519     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(03)00979-7     Document Type: Article

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