Aspects of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment Planning : Rib Sparing, Attenuation, Thermometry and Exposure Determination
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) is rapidly emerging as a non-invasive treatment for soft tissue tumours. HIFU is used to generate small regions of high intensity sound at the focus of geometrically or electronically focused transducers. These intensities are used to raise the tissue tempera...
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Institute of Cancer Research (University Of London)
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487294 |