Effects of blood perfusion rate on the optimization of RF-capacitive hyperthermia

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1182-1186

  Fujita, Satoru ^a   Tamazawa, Motohisa ^a   Kuroda, Kagayaki ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Hyperthermia; Optimization; RF capacitive heating; Selective heating

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; ONCOLOGY;

RADIO-FREQUENCY CAPACITIVE HYPERTHERMIA;

HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CANCER THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MODEL; RADIOFREQUENCY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; RADIO WAVES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0032171703     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.709562     Document Type: Article

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