title: [High-intensity focused ultrasound transducer].
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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ultrasonic Engineering in Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
authors.forename: Liyuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Faqi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D014159:Transducers; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods