An efficient numerical technique for bioheat simulations and its application to computerized cryosurgery planning

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-50

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

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioheat transfer; Computerized planning; Cryosurgery; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOSURGERY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

BIOHEAT TRANSFER; COMPUTERIZED PLANNING; CRYOPROBE LAYOUT;

HEAT TRANSFER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOSURGERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEAT TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PROBE; TIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOSURGERY; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PROSTATIC DISEASES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34248400073     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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