Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 10 , Pages 1647-1661 , October 2009

Instantaneous Frequency-Based Ultrasonic Temperature Estimation During Focused Ultrasound Thermal Therapy

  • Hao-Li Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Center, Chang-Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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  • Meng-Lin Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tzu-Ching Shih

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Radiology Technology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sheng-Min Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Center, Chang-Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • I-Yeh Lu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Center, Chang-Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Deng-Yn Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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  • Shi-Ming Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kuen-Cheng Ju

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Kuen-Cheng Ju, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Received 25 March 2008 ,Revised 29 April 2009 ,Accepted 11 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.05.004

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 10 , Pages 1647-1661 , October 2009

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