In vitro measurements of temperature-dependent specific heat of liver tissue

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 194-197

  Haemmerich, Dieter ^a   Santos, Icaro Dos ^b   Schutt, David J ^c   Webster, John G ^c   Mahvi, David M ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver tissue; Specific heat; Specific heat temperature dependence; Thermal tissue properties; Tumor ablation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; HEAT LOSSES; POLYSTYRENES; SAMPLING; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LIVER TISSUE; SPECIFIC HEAT TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL TISSUE PROPERTIES; TUMOR ABLATION;

TISSUE;

POLYSTYRENE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; HEAT; HEAT LOSS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER LOSS;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALORIMETRY; CATTLE; HEAT; LIVER; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 31144467893     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.04.020     Document Type: Article

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