Annular Phased-Array High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Device for Image-Guided Therapy of Uterine Fibroids

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 335-348

  Held, Robert Thomas ^a,b   Zderic, Vesna ^a,b   Nguyen, Thuc Nghi ^a,b   Vaezy, Shahram ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEIOMYOMA; METHODOLOGY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEIOMYOMA; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33645317130     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2006.1593372     Document Type: Article

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