High-intensity focused ultrasound transducer.
- Author:
Liyuan FU
1
;
Faqi LI
Author Information
1. Institute of Ultrasonic Engineering in Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Equipment Design;
Humans;
Neoplasms;
therapy;
Transducers;
Ultrasonic Therapy;
instrumentation;
methods
- From:
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2009;26(3):667-670
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has been used to precisely ablate a targeted area within the body without harming the overlying tissues. In recent years, HIFU, as a noninvasive, effective and feasible modality, has been used for cancer therapy. The development of HIFU transducer is the key technology of HIFU. This paper shows the acoustic lens transducer, spherical auto-focused transducer, pluralistic auto-focused transducer and the electronic phased array transducer in HIFU treatment, and the performance of each of the four HIFU transducers was evaluated.
