Mathematical methods for treatment planning in deep regional hyperthermia

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 864-872

  Sullivan, Dennis ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS - FOURIER TRANSFORMS; OPTIMIZATION;

DEEP REGIONAL HYPERTHERMIA; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN METHOD; HYPERTHERMIA TREATMENT PLANNING; IMPULSE RESPONSE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0026153962     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.79115     Document Type: Article

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