Influence of Ribs on the Nonlinear Sound Field of Therapeutic Ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1413-1420

  Li, Jun Lun ^a   Liu, Xiao Zhou ^a   Zhang, Dong ^a   Gong, Xiu Fen ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Nonlinear sound field; Rib cage; Sound diffraction; Ultrasound therapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HEAT TREATMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; TRANSMITTERS; ULTRASONICS;

NONLINEAR SOUND FIELDS; SOUND DIFFRACTION; ULTRASOUND PROPAGATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; SIMULATION; SOUND; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VALIDITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RIBS; SWINE; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 34548130699     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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