Ultrasound surgery with a toric transducer allows the treatment of large volumes over short periods of time

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Melodelima, David ^a   N'djin, William A ^b   Parmentier, Hubert ^b   Chesnais, Sabrina ^b   Rivoire, Michel ^b,c   Chapelon, Jean Yves ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Institut de Chirurgie Ex rimentale   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

COAGULATED VOLUME; PIEZOCOMPOSITE TRANSDUCER; THERMAL ABLATION; THERMAL LESION; ULTRASOUND EMITTERS;

SURGERY;

EID: 36048980339     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2805113     Document Type: Article

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