High Power, Low Frequency Ultrasound: Meniscal Tissue Interaction and Ablation Characteristics

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 556-567

  O'Daly, Brendan J ^a,b   Morris, Edmund ^b   Gavin, Graham P ^c   O'Keane, Conor ^d   O'Byrne, John M ^a   McGuinness, Garrett B ^b  

^a CAPPAGH NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^d MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ablation; Cutting; Debridement; Fibrous; High power; Knee; Low frequency; Meniscus; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DEBRIDEMENT; FIBROUS; HIGH POWER; KNEE; LOW FREQUENCY; MENISCUS; ULTRASOUND;

ABLATION; LOAD TESTING; NANOCOMPOSITES; PROBES; THERMOCOUPLES; TISSUE;

ULTRASONICS;

ABLATION THERAPY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DEBRIDEMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IN VITRO STUDY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MECHANICAL PROBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE INTERACTION; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; MENISCI, TIBIAL; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 79952727004     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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