On-line assessment of HIFU beams and lesion monitoring using dual-transducer modes

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 986-989

  Lizzi, F L ^a   Ketterling, J A ^a   Muratore, R ^a   Alam, S K ^a   Ramachandran, S ^a  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUAL-TRANSDUCER MODES; INTERNAL TISSUE MOTION; SPATIAL-PEAK TEMPORAL-PEAK (SPTP);

ABSORPTION; ATTENUATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; STIFFNESS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; WATER;

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 2942582258     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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