Enhanced and site-specific HIFU treatment with phase-change nano droplet

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 5-8

  Kawabata, Ken Ichi ^a   Asami, Rei ^a   Azuma, Takashi ^a   Yoshikawa, Hideki ^a   Umemura, Shin Ichiro ^b  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; DROP FORMATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; GELATION; GELS; POLYMERS; SONOCHEMISTRY; ULTRASONICS;

DROPLET CONCENTRATIONS; GEL PHANTOMS; HIFU THERAPIES; LIQUID PRECURSORS; MICROBUBBLE; MICROBUBBLES; NANO DROPLETS; PHASE CHANGES; POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS; SITE OF INTERESTS; TEMPERATURE ELEVATIONS; TEMPERATURE RISES; ULTRASONIC ENERGIES; ULTRASONIC PULSES;

DROPS;

EID: 48149087576     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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