Active focal zone sharpening for high-precision treatment using histotripsy

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 305-315

  Wang, Tzu Yin ^a   Xu, Zhen ^a   Hall, Timothy L ^a   Fowlkes, J Brian ^a   Roberts, William W ^a   Cain, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrays; Laser beams; Lesions; Medical treatment; Phantoms; Pixel; Ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; BUBBLE CLOUD; CELL LYSIS; COLOR CHANGES; DELIVERY TIME; EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; EX-VIVO; FOCAL ZONES; GEL PHANTOM; HIGH SPEED IMAGING; HIGH-PRECISION; LESIONS; MEDICAL TREATMENT; MEDIUM PRESSURE; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PHANTOMS; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCIES; PULSED CAVITATIONAL ULTRASOUND THERAPY; RED BLOOD CELL; SUPPRESSION OF CAVITATION; THERAPY TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; BLOOD; CAVITATION; CELL CULTURE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LASER BEAMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PIXELS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

FOCUSING;

ABLATION THERAPY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERYTHROCYTE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DOGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERYTHROCYTES; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; LIVER; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 79952026737     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.1808     Document Type: Article

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