Temperature distribution for combined laser hyperthermia-photodynamic therapy in the esophagus

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 307-312

  Eichler, J ^a   Liebetruth, J ^b   London, R A ^c   Ziegenhagen, L ^a  

^a BEUTH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Esophagus; Hyperthermia; Laser; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; LASER APPLICATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; ONCOLOGY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ESOPHAGUS; LASER HYPERTHERMIA-PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; SOFTWARE PACKAGE LATIS;

HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; YAG LASER;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CATTLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LASERS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034189960     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(00)00037-0     Document Type: Article

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