Thermal effects generated by high-intensity focused ultrasound beams at normal incidence to a bone surface

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 549-559

  Nell, Diane M ^a   Myers, Matthew R ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC POWER; BEAM AXIS; BEAM FOCUS; BONE SURFACE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; LINEAR MODEL; LINEAR PROPAGATION; NORMAL INCIDENCE; OFF-AXIS; SAFETY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; TEMPERATURE RISE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL DOSE; THERMAL SAFETY; TISSUE INTERFACE; WAVE ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BONE; SHEAR WAVES; THERMOANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS;

SHEAR FLOW;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEAT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NECROSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BONE AND BONES; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NECROSIS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 75949127882     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3257547     Document Type: Article

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