Minimally invasive probe system capable of performing both cryosurgery and hyperthermia treatment on target tumor in deep tissues

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-57

  Liu, Jing ^a   Zhou, Y ^a   Yu, T ^a   Gui, L ^a   Deng, Z ^a   Lv, Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Combined treatment; Cryoprobe; Cryosurgery; Hyperthermia; Medical equipment; Minimally invasive; Physical therapy; Tumor destruction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; HEATING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 1442301054     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645700310022691     Document Type: Article

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