Thermal therapy, Part III: Ablation techniques

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 37-121

  Habash, Riadh W Y ^a   Bansal, Rajeev ^b   Krewski, Daniel ^a   Alhafid, Hafid T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c AL GHURAIR UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Cryoablation; Laser ablation; Microwave ablation; RF ablation; Ultrasound ablation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; LASER ABLATION; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

PROSTATE HYPERPLASIA; SURGICAL THERAPIES; THERMAL ABLATION; THERMAL THERAPY;

INFRARED IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEAT; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CANCER; LASER SURGERY; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL PROBE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 37249079251     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v35.i1-2.20     Document Type: Review

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