Role of cavitation in bulk ultrasound ablation: A histologic study

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1113, Issue , 2009, Pages 43-47

  Karunakaran, Chandra Priya ^a   Burgess, Mark T ^a   Holland, Christy K ^a   Mast, T Douglas ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk ultrasound ablation; Passive cavitation detection; TTC staining

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650519842     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3131467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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