Energy transform and initial acoustic pressure distribution in microwave-induced thermoacoustic tomography

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 1521-1524

  Jing, Yan ^b   Chunjing, Tao ^c   Shizeng, Wu ^a  

^a IEEE

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROWAVES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TISSUE;

ACOUSTIC PRESSURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MICROWAVE INDUCED THERMOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; THERMOELASTIC EXPANSION;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846940015     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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