Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Stiffness, Exposure Time and Scan Direction on the Dimension of Ultrasound Histotripsy Lesions

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1865-1873

  Xu, Jin ^a   Bigelow, Timothy A ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Agar gel; Dimension; Histotripsy; Lesion

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL; BEAM AXIS; BUBBLE CLOUD; BURST PERIOD; COMPRESSIONAL; DIMENSION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPOSURE-TIME; FOCAL LENGTHS; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOTRIPSY; LESION; LESION SIZE; SCAN DIRECTION; SINE-WAVE; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; STEP SIZE; TONE BURSTS;

ALGAE; POLYSACCHARIDES; STIFFNESS; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

SCANNING;

AGAR;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOTRIPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RIGIDITY; TISSUE INJURY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

AGAR; CALIBRATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SONICATION; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 80054749066     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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