Low frequency ultrasounds in medicine

2009 IEEE International Workshop on Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 212-214

  Fiorillo, A S ^a   Grimaldi, D ^b   Pullano, S A ^a  

^a University of Magna Graecia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Piezopolymer; Therapy for wounds; Ultrasound transducer

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; LOW COSTS; LOW-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL FIELDS; PIEZOPOLYMER; TRANSDERMAL DRUGS; ULTRASOUND ENERGY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; DRUG DELIVERY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 70449645177     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMEA.2009.5167986     Document Type: Conference Paper

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