Preliminary optimization of non-destructive high intensity focused ultrasound exposures for hyperthermia applications

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3055-3059

  Wang, Shutao ^a   Frenkel, Victor ^b   Zderic, Vesna ^a  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; THERMOCOUPLES; ULTRASONICS;

ADVANCED SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS MODEL; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HYPERTHERMIA APPLICATIONS; SPATIAL APPLICATIONS; THERMOCOUPLE MEASUREMENTS;

HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY;

EID: 77950998999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333582     Document Type: Conference Paper

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