Modelling of the acoustic field of a multi-element HIFU array scattered by human ribs

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 5553-5581

  Gélat, Pierre ^a,b   Ter Haar, Gail ^c   Saffari, Nader ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D MESHES; BOUNDARY ELEMENTS; BURTON-MILLER; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE; CT SCAN; FIELD CALCULATION; GENERALIZED MINIMAL RESIDUALS; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; MULTI-ELEMENT; NON-INVASIVE; PRESSURE PATCHES; SIDE EFFECT; SIDE LOBES; SINGLE ELEMENT TRANSDUCERS; SURGICAL RESECTION; TISSUE NECROSIS; ULTRASONIC PRESSURE FIELDS;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT TREATMENT; SCATTERING; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RIB; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIBS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 80052071031     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/17/007     Document Type: Article

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