Laser interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) monitoring using high-resolution digital mammography: Theory and experimental studies

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2987-2999

  Minhaj, Ahmed M ^a,b   Manns, Fabrice ^a,b   Milne, Peter J ^a   Denham, David B ^a   Salas Jr , Nelson ^a,b   Nose, Izuru ^a   Damgaard Iversen, Karsten ^c   Parel, Jean Marie ^a,b   Robinson, David S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^c Fischer Medical Technologies   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; LASERS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TUMORS;

LASER HEATING;

MEDICINE;

GLASS FIBER; POLYACRYLAMIDE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENATURATION; DIODE LASER; EXPERIMENTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEATING; HYDROGEL; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; LASER; LASER INSTERSTITIAL THERMOTHERAPY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; SAFETY; SWINE; THEORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL DESTRUCTION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; EVALUATION; HEAT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CADAVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEAT; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LASER SURGERY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE;

EID: 0037151341     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/16/313     Document Type: Article

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