Numerical analysis of ferromagnetic embolisation hyperthermia for liver tumour therapy

Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 53-56

  Tsafnat, Naomi ^a   Jones, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Sirtex Medical Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetic microsphere hyperthermia; Liver cancer; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FERROMAGNETISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT CONDUCTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

EMBOLISATION; LIVER CANCER; LIVER TUMOR THERAPY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY;

EID: 11144326902     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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