Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 234-249 , February 2010

Model-Based Ultrasound Temperature Visualization During and Following Hifu Exposure

  • Guoliang Ye

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Guoliang Ye, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, ORCRB, Off Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, United Kingdom.
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  • Penny Probert Smith
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  • J. Alison Noble

Received 11 January 2009 ,Revised 19 September 2009 ,Accepted 6 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.10.001

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 234-249 , February 2010

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