Circumferential lesion formation around the pulmonary veins in the left atrium with focused ultrasound using a 2D-array endoesophageal device: A numerical study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 4923-4942

  Pichardo, Samuel ^a   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PATIENT TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; ULTRASONICS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF); ENDOESOPHAGEAL DEVICE; ESOPHAGEAL STRUCTURES; LESION FORMATION;

CARDIOLOGY;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS; EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; TEMPERATURE; THORAX; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY VEINS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 34547731499     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/16/014     Document Type: Article

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