Image-guided 256-element phased-array focused ultrasound surgery: System and multifocus pattern control

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 84-90

  Lu, Mingzhu ^a   Wang, Xiaodong ^a   Wan, Mingxi ^a,b   Feng, Yi ^a   Xu, Feng ^a   Zhong, Hui ^a   Tan, Jinwen ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IEEE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND GUIDED 256 ELEMENT PHASED ARRAY SURGERY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 52149088399     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2008.923952     Document Type: Article

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