Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 32, Issue 11 , Pages 1721-1729 , November 2006

Biological and physical mechanisms of HIFU-induced hyperecho in ultrasound images

  • Brian A. Rabkin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • ,
  • Vesna Zderic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • ,
  • Lawrence A. Crum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • ,
  • Shahram Vaezy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Shahram Vaezy, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Box 355061, Seattle, WA, USA 98195.

Received 2 December 2005 ,Revised 29 March 2006 ,Accepted 6 April 2006.

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PII: S0301-5629(06)01578-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.04.010

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 32, Issue 11 , Pages 1721-1729 , November 2006

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