Evaluation of three-dimensional temperature distributions produced by a low-frequency transcranial focused ultrasound system within ex vivo human skulls

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1967-1976

  McDannold, Nathan ^a   Park, Eun Joo ^a   Mei, Chang Sheng ^a   Zadicario, Eyal ^b   Jolesz, Ferenc ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INSIGHTEC LTD   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DISORDERS; EX-VIVO; FOCAL POINTS; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HOTSPOTS; HUMAN SKULL; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; NOISE LEVELS; RESONANCE TEMPERATURE; STANDING WAVE EFFECTS; SURGICAL RESECTION; TEMPERATURE RISE; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; TRANSCRANIAL;

ELASTIC WAVES; FOCUSING; HEATING; LOCATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SONICATION; ULTRASONICS; WAVE EFFECTS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKULL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCER;

FEEDBACK; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROBUBBLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKULL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77957593718     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1644     Document Type: Article

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