Split-focused ultrasound transducer with multidirectional heating for breast tumor thermal surgery

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1387-1397

  Cheng, Tze Yuan ^a   Ju, Kuen Cheng ^b   Ho, Cheng Shiao ^a   Chen, Yung Yaw ^a   Chang, Hsu ^c   Lin, Win Li ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast tumor thermal therapy; Multidirectional heating; Split focused ultrasound transducer

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; HEATING; SURGERY; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

BREAST TUMOR THERMAL THERAPY; HEATING EFFICIENCIES; MECHANICAL ROTATION; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL HEATING; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; SPLIT-FOCUSED ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; SWITCHING TECHNIQUES; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEATING; HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; RIB; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPLIT FOCUSED ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERMAL SURGERY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 41449107677     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2841939     Document Type: Article

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