A flexible algorithm for construction of 3-D vessel networks for use in thermal modeling

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 591-595

  Van Leeuwen, Gerard M J ^a   Kotte, Alexis N T J ^a   Lagendijk, Jan J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Counter current vessels; Hyperthermia; Network analysis; Thermal modeling; Vessel network generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748198681     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.668749     Document Type: Article

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