3-Point support mechanical steering system for high intensity focused ultrasound

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3045-3056

  Meaney, Paul M ^a,b   Raynolds, Timothy ^a,b   Potwin, Lincoln ^a,b   Paulsen, Keith D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Microwave Imaging System Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ELECTRONIC SCANNING; LINEAR MOVEMENT; SUPPORT RODS; TISSUE ABLATION;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HYPERTHERMIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROWAVES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34249108934     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/11/008     Document Type: Article

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