Theoretical model of internally cooled interstitial ultrasound applicators for thermal therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1073-1089

  Tyréus, Per Daniel ^a   Diederich, Chris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING; MUSCLE; TRANSDUCERS; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

THERMAL THERAPY;

MEDICINE;

ACCURACY; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THIGH; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0037035346     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/7/306     Document Type: Article

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