Local frequency dependence in transcranial ultrasound transmission

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2293-2305

  White, P J ^a   Clement, G T ^a   Hynynen, K ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; BRAIN; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

INTENSITY TRANSMISSION; MULTIPLE-FREQUENCY INSONATION; OPTIMIZED FREQUENCIES; ULTRASOUND TRANSMISSION;

ARRAYS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; EQUIPMENT; EX VIVO STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

CADAVER; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 33646013558     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/9/013     Document Type: Article

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