Acoustic feedback for hyperthermia phased-array applicators: Aberration correction, motion compensation and multiple focusing in the presence of tissue inhomogeneities

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 1991, Pages 1343-1346

  Ebbini, Emad S ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   O'Donnell, Matthew ^a   Cain, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; HYDROPHONES; MOTION COMPENSATION; NEEDLES; TISSUE; WATER TANKS;

ABERRATION CORRECTION; ACOUSTIC FEEDBACK; HYDROPHONE ARRAYS; HYPERTHERMIA TREATMENTS; MULTIPLE FOCUSING; OPTIMAL FOCUSING; PROOF OF CONCEPT; ULTRASOUND PHASED ARRAYS;

ABERRATIONS;

EID: 85067480981     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.1991.234044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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