Design aspects of focal beams from high-intensity arrays

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1590-1602

  Stephens, Douglas N ^a   Kruse, Dustin E ^a   Qin, Shengping ^a   Ferrara, Katherine W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM ENERGIES; CIRCULAR ARRAYS; CONTINUOUS-WAVE FREQUENCY; ENERGY DELIVERY; EXPONENTIAL RATES; FIELD PERFORMANCE; GRATING LOBES; MAIN BEAMS; PERFORMANCE METRICS; POWER DELIVERY; RANDOM ARRAY; SIDE LOBES; SIDELOBE LEVELS; SPHERICAL ARRAY; SPIRAL ELEMENTS; THERMAL THERAPIES; VOID DIAMETER;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOCUSING; HEATING; SPHERES;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAT; INSTRUMENTATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HOT TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 80052072334     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.1986     Document Type: Article

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