Coupling Agents in Therapeutic Ultrasound: Acoustic and Thermal Behavior

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 162-165

  Casarotto, Raquel Aparecida ^a,c   Adamowski, Julio Cesar ^a   Fallopa, Flávio ^b   Bacanelli, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Cidade Universitária   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gels; Petrolatum; Rehabilitation; Ultrasonic therapy; Ultrasonography; Water

Indexed keywords

MINERAL OIL; PETROLATUM;

ACOUSTICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECHOGRAPHY; GEL; IMMERSION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RELIABILITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0347989561     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00293-4     Document Type: Article

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