An Analysis of the Origin of Differences between Measured and Simulated Fields Produced by A 15-Element Ultrasound Phased Array

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 410-418

  Aitkenhead, Adam H ^a   Mills, John A ^b   Wilson, Adrian J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia; Phased array; Sensitivity analysis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CROSS-COUPLINGS; DRIVE SIGNAL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FACTORIAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FIELD PROFILE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOCAL REGIONS; FOCAL ZONES; HYPERTHERMIA; MEASURED DATA; MULTIPLE FACTORS; PHASED ARRAY ULTRASOUND; PHASED ARRAYS; POINT-SOURCE METHOD; SIMULATION RESULT; SPATIAL POSITIONING; SQUARE-WAVE; ULTRASOUND PHASED ARRAYS; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; COMPLEXATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HYPERTHERMIA; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VIBRATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 76749112403     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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