Adaptive focusing for ultrasonic transcranial brain therapy: First in vivo investigation on 22 sheep

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 754, Issue , 2005, Pages 174-177

  Pernot, Mathieu ^a   Aubry, Jean François ^a   Tanter, Mickael ^a   Boch, Anne Laure ^b   Kujas, Michelle ^b   Fink, Mathias ^a  

^a INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

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EID: 33746180649     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1901630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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