Nanocryosurgery and its mechanisms for enhancing freezing efficiency of tumor tissues

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-87

  Yan, Jing Fu ^a   Liu, Jing ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Bioheat transfer; Cryoinjury; Ice nucleation; Nanocryosurgery; Tumor treatment

Indexed keywords

CRYOSURGERY; HEAT TRANSFER; PATIENT TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TUMORS;

BIOHEAT TRANSFER; CRYOINJURY; ICE NUCLEATION; NANOCRYOSURGERY; NANOCYROSURGERY;

MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ICE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER TISSUE; CRYOSURGERY; FREEZING; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NANOCRYOSURGERY; NANOSURGERY; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CRYOSURGERY; FREEZING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 40049094624     PISSN: 15499634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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