Gaussian representation of high-intensity focused ultrasound beams

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2526-2531

  Soneson, Joshua E ^a   Myers, Matthew R ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

HARMONIC NUMBERS; QUASILINEAR APPROXIMATION; TRANSDUCER FACES; ULTRASOUND BEAMS;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 38049084688     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2783124     Document Type: Article

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