Noninvasive transesophageal cardiac thermal ablation using a 2-D focused, ultrasound phased array: A simulation study

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1138-1148

  Yin, Xiangtao ^a,b   Epstein, Laurence M ^b   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL WALL; ESOPHAGUS; PLANAR ULTRASOUND PHASED ARRAYS; TISSUE COAGULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER ABLATION; MUSCLE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRANSDUCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33746825132     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2006.1642512     Document Type: Article

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