Numerical study of a simple transcranial focused ultrasound system applied to blood-brain barrier opening

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2637-2653

  Deffieux, Thomas ^a   Konofagou, Elisa ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MAPS; ALZHEIMER'S; BASAL GANGLIA; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ATLAS; BRAIN STRUCTURE; BROADER IMPACTS; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN SKULL; LINEAR CHIRP; LOW FREQUENCY; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; PHASE ABERRATIONS; RELEVANT TARGET; SINGLE ELEMENT TRANSDUCERS; STANDING WAVE EFFECTS; TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; TRANSCRANIAL;

BLOOD; ELASTIC WAVES; MAMMALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; WAVE EFFECTS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MACACA MULATTA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKULL; TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACACA MULATTA; MICROBUBBLES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKULL; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 78149308911     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1738     Document Type: Article

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