Measurement of safe thermal therapy levels: The case of ultrasonic waveguide interstitial applicator array

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 5025-5028

  Jarosz, Boguslaw J ^a  

^a Université d Ottawa et Institut de Physique Ottawa Carleton   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TOXICITY;

HEATING CURVES; SAFETY THRESHOLD; THERMAL DOSE; ULTRASONIC WAVEGUIDES;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BODY TEMPERATURE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BODY TEMPERATURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 34047101383     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259924     Document Type: Conference Paper

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