The use of a segmented transducer for rib sparing in HIFU treatments

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1753-1761

  Civale, John ^a   Clarke, Robert ^a,b   Rivens, Ian ^a   ter Haar, Gail ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fine wire thermocouple; Linear propagation model; Membrane hydrophone; Rib; Segmented transducer; Thermochromic liquid crystal; Ultrasound absorption

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SKIN; THERMOCOUPLES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

FINE WIRE THERMOCOUPLES; LINEAR PROPAGATION MODELS; MEMBRANE HYDROPHONES; SEGMENTED TRANSDUCERS; THERMOCHROMIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ULTRASOUND ABSORPTION;

TRANSDUCERS;

ARTICLE; HEATING; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; LIVER TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRANSDUCER; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTICS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIBS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33750841780     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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