A phase I and II clinical trial of a newly developed ultrasound hyperthermia system with an improved planar transducer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1169-1175

  Mitsumori, Michihide ^a   Hiraoka, Masahiro ^a   Okuno, Yoshishige ^a   Nishimura, Yasumasa ^a   Li, Yu Ping ^a   Fujishiro, Satsuki ^a   Nagata, Yasushi ^a   Abe, Mitsuyuki ^b   Koishi, Mototsugu ^c   Sano, Takayuki ^d   Marume, Takashi ^d   Takayama, Naohiko ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c KYOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia; Thermometry results; Transducer; Ultrasound heating

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; LIVER CANCER; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETRY; THYROID CANCER; TRANSDUCER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 18244418381     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00363-X     Document Type: Article

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