A Buoyancy Method for the Measurement of Total Ultrasound Power Generated by HIFU Transducers

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1327-1342

  Shaw, Adam ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Calibration; Calorimetry; FUS; HIFU; Output power; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC OUTPUTS; ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; CASTOR OILS; HIFU TRANSDUCERS; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND (HIFU) SYSTEMS; INCIDENT ENERGIES; KEY PARAMETERS; PLANE WAVES; PRIMARY STANDARDS; RADIATION FORCE (RF); RADIATION FORCE BALANCE (RFB); RADIATION FORCE METHOD; ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE; VALIDATION TESTING; WATER BATHS; WAVE MOMENTUM;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BUOYANCY; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; FLUID MECHANICS; HEALTH; RADIATION; SONOCHEMISTRY; STANDARDS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL SPRAYING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS; VEGETABLE OILS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; HEAT LOSS; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CALIBRATION; CALORIMETRY; CASTOR OIL; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 47549097782     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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