Integrated temperature sensor for determination of ultrasound interstitial applicator heating effects

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1171-1174

  Jarosz, Boguslaw J ^a   St James, Sara ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medical instrumentation; Medical measurement; Temperature sensor; Thermal therapy instrumentation; Ultrasonic transducers

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMISTORS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; WAVEGUIDES;

MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSOR; THERMAL THERAPY INSTRUMENTATION;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 20544449232     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2005.847117     Document Type: Article

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