Adaptive transthoracic refocusing of dual-mode ultrasound arrays

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-102

  Ballard, John R ^a   Casper, Andrew J ^a   Wan, Yayun ^a   Ebbini, Emad S ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive beamforming; High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU); Phased arrays; Therapeutic ultrasound; Ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICAL ENERGY; ADAPTIVE BEAMFORMING; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; DIRECT TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; DIRECTIVITY; DUAL-MODE ULTRASOUND ARRAYS; ECHOGENICITY; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; IMAGE-BASED; IMAGE-GUIDED; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER; NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE; PHASE CONJUGATIONS; PHASED ARRAYS; PLEXIGLAS; POWER DEPOSITION; SCATTERING OBJECTS; TARGET LOCATION; TARGET POINT; TEMPERATURE RISE; THERAPEUTIC BEAMS; THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BEAMFORMING; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; DEPOSITION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LOCATION; TARGETS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS;

ADAPTIVE BEAMFORMING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; PHANTOM; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THORAX; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIBS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 76649127392     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2009.2028150     Document Type: Article

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