Computer simulation of prostate cryoablationafast and accurate approximation of the exact solution

Computer Aided Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-97

  Wojtowicz, Adam ^a   Selman, Steve ^a   Jankun, Jerzy ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

computer modeling; Cryosimulation; cryosurgery; prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOSURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOSURGERY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2442515339     PISSN: 10929088     EISSN: 10970150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10929080309146043     Document Type: Article

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