Surface temperature distribution of a breast with and without tumour

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-199

  Sudharsan, N M ^a   Ng, E Y K ^a   Teh, S L ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blood perfusion; Location of tumour; Size of tumour; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW RATE; BLOOD PERFUSION; BLOOD PERFUSION RATE; BREAST CANCER; DIFFERENT SIZES; FEMALE BREAST; LAYER THICKNESS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL PATTERNS; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BLOOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INFRARED RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); TUMORS;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0001428344     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255849908907987     Document Type: Article

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