A semi-empirical treatment planning model for optimization of multiprobe cryosurgery

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1085-1098

  Baissalov, R ^a,b   Sandison, G A ^a,b   Donnelly, B J ^a   Saliken, J C ^a,c   McKinnon, J G ^c   Muldrew, K ^d   Rewcastle, J C ^a,b  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOSURGERY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND; URETHRA;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; CRYOSURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATE; TEMPERATURE; URETHRA;

EID: 0034031821     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/5/301     Document Type: Article

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