Numerical prediction of frequency dependent 3D maps of mechanical index thresholds in ultrasonic brain therapy

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2258-2261

  Pinton, Gianmarco F ^a   Aubry, Jean Francois ^a   Fink, Mathias ^a   Tanter, Mickael ^a  

^a INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ABERRATION CORRECTION; ACOUSTIC ENERGY; ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT; BLOOD CLOTS; BRAIN THERAPY; BRAIN VOLUME; CAVITATION THRESHOLDS; DEVICE GEOMETRIES; FINITE DIFFERENCE; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; MECHANICAL INDEXES; MECHANICAL INDICES; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND; THERMAL ABLATION; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; THROMBOLYSIS; TIME REVERSAL;

ABLATION; ACOUSTIC FIELDS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 80054725675     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2010.5935459     Document Type: Conference Paper

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