Pilot point temperature regulation for thermal lesion control during ultrasound thermal therapy

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 178-188

  Liu, H L ^a   Chen, Yung Yaw ^a   Yen, J Y ^a   Lin, W L ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

2D phased array; Pilot point temperature; Thermal lesion control; Ultrasound thermal therapy

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT TREATMENT; ONCOLOGY; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ELEVATION; PILOT POINT; PRESICION; THERMAL LESION;

ULTRASONICS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERFUSION; POSITION; REFERENCE VALUE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMAL INJURY; THERMAL TIME; THERMOREGULATION; TUMOR REGRESSION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 2342446221     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02344629     Document Type: Article

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