Direct simulation of breast abnormality

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) BED

Volumn 42, Issue , 1999, Pages 397-398

  Sudharsan, Natteri M ^a   Ng, E Y K ^a   Teh, S L ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEMODYNAMICS; ISOTHERMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOHEAT; BLOOD PERFUSION RATES; BREAST ABNORMALITY; PENNES EQUATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR;

ONCOLOGY;

EID: 0033298667     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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