Tests of the geometrical description of blood vessels in a thermal model using counter-current geometries

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1515-1532

  Van Leeuwen, G M J ^a   Kotte, A N T J ^a   Crezee, J ^a   Lagendijk, J J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CALCULATION; COUNTERCURRENT SYSTEM; GEOMETRY; HEAT EXCHANGE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030802083     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/8/004     Document Type: Article

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