Endometrial Thermal Balloon Ablation Using a High Temperature, Pulsed System: A Mathematical Model

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 841-851

  Reinders, Daniel M ^a   Baldwin, Susan A ^a   Bert, Joel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD; COAGULATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TISSUE;

LOW TEMPERATURE TREATMENT;

ABLATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BURN; CALCULATION; DEVICE; ENDOMETRIUM; HEAT TREATMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENORRHAGIA; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PREDICTION; SAFETY; THERMAL BALLOON ABLATION; TISSUE NECROSIS; UTERUS;

BALLOON DILATATION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MENORRHAGIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0742271553     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1634279     Document Type: Article

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