Interstitial ultrasound heating applicator for MR-guided thermal therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3133-3145

  Chopra, Rajiv ^a   Luginbuhl, Chris ^a   Weymouth, Alfred J ^a   Foster, F Stuart ^a   Bronskill, Michael J ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HEATING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE SCALES; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS;

THERMAL COAGULATION;

ULTRASONICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEATING; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; ROTATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCOAGULATION; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

HEAT; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0035739578     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/12/305     Document Type: Article

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