Dual-Mode Ultrasound Transducer for Image-Guided Interstitial Thermal Therapy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 607-616

  Bouchoux, Guillaume ^a,b,c   Lafon, Cyril ^a,b   Berriet, Rémi ^c   Chapelon, Jean Yves ^a,b   Fleury, Gérard ^c   Cathignol, Dominique ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c Imasonic   (France)

Author keywords

Dual mode; Interstitial therapy; Ultrasound transducer

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

IMAGE GUIDED INTERSTITIAL THERMAL THERAPY; INTERSTITIAL THERAPY; MINIATURE TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; HEATING; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PIEZOCOMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; SWINE; TECHNOLOGY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LIVER; SUS SCROFA; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 40949122319     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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