Development of a new hybrid gel phantom using carrageenan and gellan gum for visualizing three-dimensional temperature distribution during hyperthermia and radiofrequency ablation

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 175-184

  Kuroda, Masahiro ^a   Kato, Hirokazu ^b   Hanamoto, Katsumi ^b   Shimamura, Kaoru ^a   Uchida, Tetsuya ^a   Wang, Yadi ^a   Akaki, Shiro ^a   Asaumi, Jun Ichi ^c   Himei, Kengo ^a   Takemoto, Mitsuhiro ^a   Kanazawa, Susumu ^a   Shibuya, Koichi ^b   Kawasaki, Shoji ^b   Hiraki, Yoshio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carrageenan; Gel phantom; Gellan gum; Hyperthermia; Radiofrequency ablation; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BUTANOL; CARRAGEENAN; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; GELLAN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM AZIDE;

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEL; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

1-BUTANOL; CARRAGEENAN; CATHETER ABLATION; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GELS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM AZIDE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 24644465982     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.27.1.175     Document Type: Article

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