A note on laser penetration in nanoshell deposited tissue

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 13-14, 2009, Pages 3402-3406

  Vera, Jerry ^a   Bayazitoglu, Yildiz ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer therapy; Hyperthermia; Laser radiation; Nanoshells; Tissue optics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; CANCER THERAPY; COLLIMATED RADIATIONS; DIFFUSE COMPONENTS; GOLD NANOSHELLS; HUMAN TISSUES; HYPERTHERMIA; INCIDENT RADIATIONS; NANOSHELL; NANOSHELLS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; PEAK ABSORPTIONS; PENETRATION DEPTHS; RADIATIVE INTENSITIES; RADIATIVE TRANSPORTS; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SEMI-INFINITE SLABS; TISSUE MODELS; TISSUE OPTICS;

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; LASER RADIATION; LASERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCATTERING; TISSUE;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 64749088143     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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