Investigation of a scanned cylindrical ultrasound system for breast hyperthermia

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 539-555

  Ju, Kuen Cheng ^a   Tseng, Li Te ^a   Chen, Yung Yaw ^a   Lin, Win Li ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCANNING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS; WATER;

BREAST HYPERTHERMIA; LOCALIZED HEATING; PLANE ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ACOUSTICAL MODEL;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ARTICLE; BREAST; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPERTHERMIA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; WATER IMMERSION;

ACOUSTICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEVER; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERFUSION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 31344466799     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/3/005     Document Type: Article

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