A study of effects of tissue inhomogeneity on HIFU beam

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 829, Issue , 2006, Pages 201-205

  Amin, Viren ^a   Roberts, Ron ^a   Long, Tao ^a   Thompson, R B ^a   Ryken, Timothy ^b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIFU; Simulation; Tissue inhomogeneity; Ultrasound beam; Velocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845387733     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2205466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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