Numerical calculations of temperature distribution resulting from intracavitary heating of the uterus

Gynaecological Endoscopy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 203-209

  Persson, Bertil R R ^a   Friberg, Britt ^a   Olsrud, Johan ^a   Rioseco, Juan ^a   Ahlgren, Mats ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balloon catheter; Endometrial destruction; Finite element method; Menorrhagia; Temperature distribution; Thermal coagulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD FLOW; CALCULATION; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; HEATING; MYOMETRIUM; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; UTERUS; UTERUS CAVITY;

EID: 0031692528     PISSN: 09621091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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