Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages 1704-1712 , October 2010

Theoretical and Experimental Study on Temperature Elevation behind Ribs Caused by Weakly Focused Ultrasound

  • Xiaozhou Liu

      Affiliations

    • Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’ Republic of China
    • ,
  • Chang Yin

      Affiliations

    • Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’ Republic of China
    • ,
  • Xiufen Gong

      Affiliations

    • Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’ Republic of China
    • ,
  • Wenwu Cao

      Affiliations

    • Material Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Wenwu Cao, 164 Materials Research Lab, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA.

Received 6 March 2010 ,Revised 11 June 2010 ,Accepted 20 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.07.018

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages 1704-1712 , October 2010

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