Ultrasound imaging of thermal therapy in in vitro liver

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1023-1032

  Gertner, M R ^a,b   Worthington, A E ^a   Wilson, B C ^a   Sherar, M D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

B scan imaging; Cancer; Hyperthermia; Interstitial microwave applicators; Minimally invasive thermal therapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TISSUE; VAPORIZATION;

INTERSTITIAL MICROWAVE APPLICATORS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE THERMAL THERAPY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; VAPORIZATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LIVER; MICROWAVES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 0032169365     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00087-8     Document Type: Article

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