A 63 element 1.75 dimensional ultrasound phased array for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Saleh, Khaldon Y ^a   Smith, Nadine Barrie ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

1.75 dimensional array; Focusing; Matching layer; Ultrasound transducer

Indexed keywords

BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; PROSTATE CANCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

ONCOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IN VITRO STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; TRANSDUCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 27744493938     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-4-39     Document Type: Article

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