• DocumentCode
    2037180
  • Title

    Liver tumor hyperthermia using an N×N ultrasound phased array

  • Author

    Ismail, Noor Hafizah ; El-Ela, K. A Abo

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alexandria Univ., Egypt
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    649
  • Lastpage
    654
  • Abstract
    Focusing of ultrasonic waves to concentrate their power at different locations inside the volume of a liver tumor is investigated. The focusing process can be achieved by using an ultrasound phased array. An N×N phased array is introduced to produce the specific temperature distribution inside human liver. The pseudo-inverse field conjugation method is applied to generate focused power points to deliver heat to the treated volume.
  • Keywords
    biomedical ultrasonics; cancer; hyperthermia; liver; temperature distribution; tumours; ultrasonic arrays; ultrasonic focusing; liver cancers; liver tumor hyperthermia; pseudo-inverse field conjugation method; temperature distribution; ultrasonic wave focusing; ultrasound phased array; Blood; Cancer; Educational institutions; Humans; Hyperthermia; Liver neoplasms; Phased arrays; Temperature; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic transducer arrays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radio Science Conference, 2002. (NRSC 2002). Proceedings of the Nineteenth National
  • Print_ISBN
    977-5031-72-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NRSC.2002.1022677
  • Filename
    1022677