A Control Method for a Nonlinear Multivariable System: Application to Interstitial Laser Hyperthermia

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1991, Pages 891-898

  Wyman, D R ^a   Swift, C L ^a   Siwek, Rosemarie A ^b   Wilson, Brian C ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - TISSUE; CONTROL SYSTEMS, ADAPTIVE; CONTROL SYSTEMS, MULTIVARIABLE; CONTROL SYSTEMS, NONLINEAR; LASERS, SOLID STATE - MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUE NONLINEARITIES; INTERSTITIAL LASER HYPERTHERMIA; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; HYPERTHERMIA; LASER;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IN VITRO; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026229641     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.83609     Document Type: Article

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