Mechanisms of attenuation and heating dissipation of ultrasound in the skull bone: Comparison between simulation models and experiments

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 225-228

  Pinton, Gianmarco ^a   Pernot, Mathieu ^a   Bossy, Emmanuel ^a   Aubry, Jean Francois ^a   Muller, Marie ^a   Tanter, Mickael ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D THERMAL SIMULATION; ABSORPTION VALUES; ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION; ATTENUATION MEASUREMENTS; COMPRESSION WAVES; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; MODE CONVERSIONS; SIMULATION MODEL; SKULL BONE; TEMPERATURE RISE; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS; ULTRASOUND BEAMS;

ABSORPTION; SHEAR FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ULTRASONICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 80054767329     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2010.5935461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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