Mapping and monitoring of ablative thermal therapy for improved results

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6440, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gustafson, David E ^a   Nadadur, Desikachari ^a   Dalmadge, Gary W ^a   Nields, Morgan ^a  

^a Abla tx Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Mapping; Minimal invasive therapy; Monitoring; Thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER ABLATION; PATIENT MONITORING; TISSUE;

MINIMAL INVASIVE THERAPY; THERMAL ABLATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 34548276443     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.700545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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