Spatio-temporal control of acoustic cavitation during high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy

<p>High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is rapidly emerging as a viable alterna- tive to conventional therapies in the treatment of deep-seated, solid tumours. In contrast to surgical methods, extracorporeal HIFU transducers non-invasively tar- get pathogenic tissue deep beneath the skin,...

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Main Author: Hockham, N
Other Authors: Coussios, C
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
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