New piezocomposite transducers for therapeutic ultrasound

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4954, Issue , 2003, Pages 227-236

  Fleury, Gérard ^a   De Lima, David Melo ^b   Hynynen, Kullervo ^c   Berriet, Rémi ^a   Le Baron, Olivier ^a   Huguenin, Bertrand ^a  

^a Imasonic   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

1 3 piezocomposite; Focused ultrasound surgery (FUS); High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU); Power ultrasound; Therapeutic ultrasound; Ultrasonic transducers

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; FOCUSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SCANNING;

THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0141828598     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.476626     Document Type: Conference Paper

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