Towards intra-operative computerized planning of prostate cryosurgery

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-19

  Tanaka, Daigo ^a   Shimada, Kenji ^a   Rossi, Michael R ^a   Rabin, Yoed ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioheat simulation; Bubble packing; Cryosurgery; Intra operative; Planning; Prostate

Indexed keywords

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; UROLOGY;

'CURRENT; BIO-HEAT; BIO-HEAT TRANSFER; BIOHEAT SIMULATION; BUBBLE PACKING; FORCEFIELDS; INTRA-OPERATIVE; PLANNING TOOLS; PROSTATE; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

CRYOSURGERY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CRYOSURGERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATE SURGERY; SIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATE; ROBOTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOSURGERY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATE; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34248164345     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.124     Document Type: Article

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