High-resolution ultrasonic thermometer for radiation dosimetry

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3481-3490

  Malyarenko, Eugene V ^a,c   Heyman, Joseph S ^a   Chen Mayer, H Heather ^b   Tosh, Ronald E ^b  

^a LUNA INNOVATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Tessonics Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PATHS; ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION; CANCER TREATMENTS; DIGITAL IMPLEMENTATIONS; DIRECT DETERMINATIONS; HIGH PRECISION; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; MEDICAL CLINICS; MICROKELVIN; NEW APPROACHES; OHMIC HEATING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HEATING; RADIATION-HEATED; RADIATION-INDUCED HEATING; ROOM TEMPERATURES; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARED; SENSOR PROBES; SPEED OF SOUNDS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; THERMAL DISTURBANCES; ULTRASONIC SYSTEMS; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUES; ULTRASONIC THERMOMETERS; WATER PHANTOMS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

ACOUSTICS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; HEATING; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION; SPACE PROBES; TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOMETERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; SOUND; TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETERS; ULTRASONICS; WATER;

EID: 60049096535     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2997431     Document Type: Article

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