Implications of using thermocouple thermometry in 27 MHz capacitively coupled interstitial hyperthermia

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 637-650

  Crezee, J ^a   Van der Koijk, J F ^a   Kaatee, R S J P ^b   Lagendijk, J J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HYPERTHERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOMETRY;

ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030901043     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/4/003     Document Type: Article

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