A method to synchronize high-intensity, focused ultrasound with an arbitrary ultrasound imager

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 645-650

  Owen, Neil R ^a,b   Bailey, Michael R ^a,b   Hossack, James ^b   Crum, Lawrence A ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY ULTRASOUND IMAGER; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND (HIPU) THERAPY; TISSUE PHANTOMS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY CONTROL; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; IMAGE SENSORS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TISSUE;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33645656754     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2006.1610574     Document Type: Article

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