Simplified treatment planning for interstitial laser thermotherapy by disregarding light transport: A numerical study

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 304-314

  Olsrud, Johan ^a   Wirestam, Ronnie ^a   Persson, Bertil R R ^a   Tranberg, Karl G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coagulated volume; Finite element method; MRI; Optical penetration depth; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IRRADIATION; LASER SURGERY; LIVER TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HEAT; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LIGHT; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032718046     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1999)25:4<304::AID-LSM5>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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