The Design and Characterization of an Ultrasound Phased Array Suitable for Deep Tissue Hyperthermia

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1793-1807

  Aitkenhead, Adam H ^a   Mills, John A ^b   Wilson, Adrian J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b WALSGRAVE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia; Phased array; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC; BEAM PROFILE MEASUREMENTS; BEAM PROFILES; FACTORIAL EXPERIMENTS; FOCAL REGIONS; HYPERTHERMIA; OUTPUT INTENSITIES; PEAK PULSES; PHASED ARRAY; SOLID TUMORS; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND PHASED ARRAYS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FOCUSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; HYPERTHERMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOLID TUMOR; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 54049120176     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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