Design and experiment of 256-element ultrasound phased array for noninvasive focused ultrasound surgery

Ultrasonics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Lu, Mingzhu ^a   Wan, Mingxi ^a   Xu, Feng ^a   Wang, Xiaodong ^a   Chang, Xiaozhen ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Focused ultrasound surgery; Genetic algorithm; Spherical section phased array

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PRODUCT DESIGN; ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

FOCUSED ULTRASOUND SURGERY; GENETIC OPTIMAL ALGORITHM; PIEZOCOMPOSITE; ULTRASOUND PHASED ARRAY; ULTRASOUND SURGERY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33845864225     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2006.07.015     Document Type: Article

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