Cryosurgery planning using bubble packing in 3D

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-121

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

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble packing; Computerized planning; Cryosurgery; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; THERMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOSURGERY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43449092926     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255840701336653     Document Type: Article

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