Focal beam distortion and treatment planning for transrib focused ultrasound thermal therapy: A feasibility study using a two-dimensional ultrasound phased array

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 848-860

  Liu, Hao Li ^a   Hsu, Chia Lung ^a   Huang, Sheng Min ^a   Hsi, Yi Wen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Focused ultrasound; Liver tumor; Phase aberration; Treatment planning; Ultrasound phased array

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; LIVER TUMORS; PHASE ABERRATIONS; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND PHASED ARRAYS;

ABERRATIONS;

EID: 75749132486     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3298009     Document Type: Article

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