500-element ultrasound phased array syst
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Kullervo Hynynen; Gregory T. Clement; Nathan McDannold; Natalia Vykhodtseva; Ran
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The aim of this study was to test a prototype MRI-compatible focused ultrasound phased array system for trans-skull brain tissue ablation. Rabbit thigh muscle and brain were sonicated with a prototype, hemispherical 500-element ultrasound phased array operating at frequencies of 700-800 kHz. An ex v