Multi-modality tissue-mimicking phantom for thermal therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2767-2778

  McDonald, Mark ^a   Lochhead, Shanna ^a   Chopra, Rajiv ^a   Bronskill, Michael J ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PH EFFECTS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; TISSUE;

PHANTOM MATERIALS; THERMAL THERAPY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HEATING; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PH MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOFT TISSUE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

ACRYLIC RESINS; GELS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 3442896881     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/13/001     Document Type: Article

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