Computerized planning of prostate cryosurgery with pullback operation

Computer Aided Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

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

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioheat simulations; Bubble packing; Computerized planning; Cryosurgery; Prostate; Pullback

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE SURGERY; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC DISEASES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 38849184013     PISSN: 10929088     EISSN: 10970150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10929080701882556     Document Type: Article

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