Interstitial laser-induced thermotherapy: Influence of carbonization on lesion size

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-57

  Sturesson, Christian ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Charring; Cylindrical diffuser; Mathematical modeling; Nd:YAG laser

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LASER; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE DISEASE; TISSUE PERFUSION; VAPORIZATION; YAG LASER;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HEAT; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LASERS; LIVER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SWINE; TURKEYS;

EID: 0031973929     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1998)22:1<51::AID-LSM12>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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