Quantitative Ultrasound Backscatter for Pulsed Cavitational Ultrasound Therapy—Histotripsy

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 995-1005

  Wang, Tzu Yin ^a   Xu, Zhen ^a   Winterroth, Frank ^a   Fowlkes, J Brian ^a   Hall, Timothy L ^b   Roberts, William W ^b   Rothman, Edward D ^a   Cain, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; SWINE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ANIMALS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; SWINE; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 70249120410     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1131     Document Type: Article

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