Theoretical analysis of the heat convection coefficient in large vessels and the significance for thermal ablative therapies

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 4125-4134

  Consiglieri, Luisa ^a   dos Santos, Icaro ^b   Haemmerich, Dieter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIOTHERAPY; THERMAL EFFECTS; TUMORS;

RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER THERAPY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT LOSS; HEAT TREATMENT; HEATING; IN VIVO STUDY; LAMINAR FLOW; LIVER TUMOR; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATHETER ABLATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NEOPLASMS; PORTAL VEIN; TEMPERATURE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0348227868     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/24/010     Document Type: Article

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