Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 10 , Pages 1662-1671 , October 2009

Noninvasive Determination of in situ Heating Rate Using kHz Acoustic Emissions and Focused Ultrasound

  • Ajay Anand

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Ajay Anand, Ph.D., is currently at Philips Research North America, 345 Scarborough Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 USA
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  • Peter J. Kaczkowski

Received 24 November 2008 ,Revised 12 May 2009 ,Accepted 18 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.05.015

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 10 , Pages 1662-1671 , October 2009

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