Tissue temperature control using a water-cooled applicator: Implications for transurethral laser-induced thermotherapy of benign prostatic hyperplasia

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 461-470

  Sturesson, C ^a   Andersson Engels, S ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

laser; prostatic hyperplasia; thermotherapy; transurethral; water cooling

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; CARBONIZATION; COOLING; COOLING WATER; HEAT CONDUCTION; LASERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUES; HEAT CONDUCTION EQUATIONS; LASER INDUCED THERMOTHERAPY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; THERMOTHERAPIES; TRANSURETHRAL; WATER COOLING;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; THERMOREGULATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

SUIDAE;

EID: 0030999910     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597912     Document Type: Article

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