A field-focusing device to increase power output of ThermoRod™ implants for thermal ablation of tissue

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 650-656

  Berthusen, Andrew H ^a   Tucker, Robert D ^b,c   Park, Joon B ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferrofluid; Interstitial hyperthermia; Prostate carcinoma; Thermal ablation; ThermoRod

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CELLS; ENERGY TRANSFER; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; TISSUE; TUMORS;

FIELD-FOCUSING DEVICES;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; DEVICE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMPLANT; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHANTOM; POWER SUPPLY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MAGNETICS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036380472     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.10385     Document Type: Article

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