Ultrasonic focusing through the ribs using the DORT method

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3495-3503

  Cochard, E ^a   Prada, C ^a   Aubry, J F ^a   Fink, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive focusing; DORT; High intensity focused ultrasound; Noninvasive surgery; Phased array

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

ADAPTIVE FOCUSING; DECOMPOSITION OF THE TIME REVERSAL OPERATOR; DORT; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; PROPAGATING FIELD; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; ULTRASONIC ENERGY; ULTRASONIC FOCUSING;

FOCUSING;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; RIB; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 68149160249     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3159755     Document Type: Article

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