Numerical Simulation of Magnetic Induction Heating of Tumors with Ferromagnetic Seed Implants

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-31, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 227-234

  Matloubieh, Ahmad Y ^a,b   Roemer, Robert B ^a,c   Cetas, Thomas C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

HYPERTHERMIA; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; THERAPY; TUMOR;

ANIMAL; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - HEAT TRANSFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION - MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; FERROMAGNETIC METALS - MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BIOHEAT TRANSFER; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; LOCALIZED HYPERTHERMIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC INDUCTION HYPERTHERMIA; TUMOR THERAPY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0021285909     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1984.325333     Document Type: Article

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