Evaluation of the impedance technique for cryosurgery in a theoretical model of the head

Cryobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-59

  Radai, Michal M ^a   Abboud, Shimon ^a   Rubinsky, Boris ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryosurgery; Electrical bioimpedance; Electrical impedance tomography; Frozen tissue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BRAIN SURGERY; CALCULATION; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVALUATION; FREEZING; IMAGING; IMPEDANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032772293     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1998.2148     Document Type: Article

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