Focused ultrasonic transducer for localized sonodynamic therapy

Digest of Technical Papers - International Conference on Solid State Sensors and Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS '05

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1660-1663

  Yasui, A ^a   Haga, Y ^a   Chen, J J ^a   Esashi, M ^a   Wada, H ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concave shape; Focused ultrasound; Milling machine; Sonodynamic therapy; Ultrasonic transducer

Indexed keywords

CONCAVE SHAPE; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; PEAK INTENSITY; SONODYNAMIC THERAPY;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MILLING MACHINES; POLARIZATION; SONOCHEMISTRY;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 27544467188     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2005.1497408     Document Type: Conference Paper

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