Investigation of a spherical-section ultrasound phased array for hepatic ablation

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science A

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1237-1245

  Zhang, Chen Xi ^a   Chen, Ya Zhu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blood perfusion; Numerical simulation; Temperature distribution; Ultrasound phased array

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ACOUSTIC PARAMETERS; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BLOOD PERFUSION; ULTRASOUND PHASED ARRAY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 34547210130     PISSN: 1673565X     EISSN: 18621775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.2007.A1237     Document Type: Article

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