Multifibre application in laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy under on-line MR control

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-14

  Klingenberg, M ^a   Bohris, C ^b   Niemz, M H ^a   Bille, J F ^a   Kurek, R ^c   Wallwiener, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser induced interstitial thermotherapy; Multifibre application; Quantitative MRI thermometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FIBER OPTICS; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LASER SURGERY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETRY;

EID: 0033978405     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101030050041     Document Type: Article

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