Transducer design and characterization for dorsal-based ultrasound exposure and two-photon imaging of in vivo blood-brain barrier disruption in a rat model

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1376-1385

  Nhan, Tam ^a,b   Burgess, Alison ^a   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a,b  

^a Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELLULAR MECHANISMS; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; TRANSDUCER CONFIGURATION; TREATMENT CONDITIONS; TWO PHOTON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND EXPOSURE;

BRAIN; SKIN; ULTRASONICS;

TRANSDUCERS;

ANIMAL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; MALE; RAT; TRANSDUCER; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84880521302     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2013.2710     Document Type: Article

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