A new cryosurgical device for controlled freezing I. Setup and validation tests

Cryobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 82-92

  Rabin, Yoed ^a,b   Shitzer, Avraham ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOSURGERY; EVALUATION; FREEZING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOSURGERY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FREEZING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 0030074755     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1996.0009     Document Type: Article

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