SURLAS: A new clinical grade ultrasound system for sequential or concomitant thermoradiotherapy of superficial tumors: Applicator description

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 230-240

  Novák, Petr ^a   Moros, Eduardo G ^a   Straube, William L ^a   Myerson, Robert J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D power deposition control; Electron beams; Frequency blending; Hyperthermia; Hyperthermia applicator; Hyperthermia system; Photon beams; Scanned ultrasound; Simultaneous thermoradiotherapy; Superficial tumors; Ultrasonic heating

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; BLENDING; DEPOSITION; ELECTRON BEAMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; POWER CONTROL; REFLECTION; SAFETY TESTING; SCANNING; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

HYPERTHERMIA; HYPERTHERMIA SYSTEMS; PHOTON BEAMS; POWER DEPOSITION; THERMORADIOTHERAPY; ULTRASONIC HEATING;

APPLICATORS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMPEDANCE; MEASUREMENT; PHOTON; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCANNING ULTRASOUND REFLECTOR LINEAR ARRAYS SYSTEM; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 12844257366     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1835572     Document Type: Article

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