Ultrasound transducer and system for real-time simultaneous therapy and diagnosis for noninvasive surgery of prostate tissue

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1913-1922

  Jeong, Jong Seob ^a   Chang, Jin Ho ^a   Shung, K Kirk ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION PROPERTIES; B-MODE IMAGES; BARKER CODES; CODED EXCITATION; CONSTRUCTED ARRAY; FIELD II; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; MAINLOBE WIDTH; NON-INVASIVE TREATMENT; NOTCH FILTERING; PHASED ARRAYS; PROSTATE TISSUE; RANGE SIDELOBES; REALTIME IMAGING; STACK CONFIGURATIONS; TRANSDUCER DESIGN; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BINARY CODES; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); NOTCH FILTERS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASOUND, HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED, TRANSRECTAL;

EID: 70350164014     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1267     Document Type: Article

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