The Feasibility of Interstitial Ultrasound Hyperthermia

Medical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 979-987

  Hynynen, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; hyperthermia; interstitial; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER MODEL; DOG; ENERGY RESOURCE; HYPERTHERMIA; INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TISSUE PERFUSION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMAL; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOGS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IN VITRO; KIDNEY; LIVER; PERFUSION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0026782162     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.596786     Document Type: Article

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