Evaluation of temperature distributions in cadaveric lumbar spine during nucleoplasty

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1583-1594

  Nau, William H ^a   Diederich, Chris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; COMPUTER CONTROL; DATA REDUCTION; HEATING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOCOUPLES; TISSUE;

COBLATION; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF); THERMAL DOSES;

MEDICINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CADAVER; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LETHALITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEEDLE; NERVE ENDING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECORDING; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATION; SIMULATION; SPINE SURGERY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOCOAGULATION; VAPORIZATION; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CADAVER; CATHETER ABLATION; CHICKENS; COMPUTERS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; X-RAYS;

EID: 2342593892     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/8/015     Document Type: Article

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