Analysis of Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Beam Profile Sensitivity for Neuromodulation of the Human Brain
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Analysis of Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Beam Profile Sensitivity for Neuromodulation of the Human Brain Jerel K. Mueller, Wynn Legon, and William J. Tyler* 1 School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 2 Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 3 School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
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