RF non-ablative cutaneous thermal therapy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4609, Issue , 2002, Pages 75-82

  Tunnell, James W ^a   Stern, Roger A ^b   Pope, Karl ^c  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b Stellartech Research Corporation   (United States)

^c Thermage Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia; Modeling; Non ablative; Skin

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRYOGENICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; SKIN;

THERMAL THERAPY;

LASER TISSUE INTERACTION;

EID: 0036403325     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.432073     Document Type: Article

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