Simulation of thermal lesions in biological tissues irradiated by high-intensity focused ultrasound through the rib cage

Physics of Wave Phenomena

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-67

  Ilyin, S A ^a   Bobkova, S M ^a   Khokhlova, V A ^a   Gavrilov, L R ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 79952336914     PISSN: 1541308X     EISSN: 1934807X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3103/S1541308X11010122     Document Type: Article

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