A numerical study of transcranial focused ultrasound beam propagation at low frequency

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1821-1836

  Yin, Xiangtao ^a   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; STEERING;

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION MODEL; LOW-FREQUENCY BEAM; ULTRASOUND BEAM PROPAGATION;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; SKULL; TRANSDUCER; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; BRAIN; EVALUATION; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

BODY BURDEN; BRAIN; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PRESSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 22844452715     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/8/013     Document Type: Article

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