The feasibility of computational modelling technique to detect the bladder cancer

Physica Medica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-37

  Keshtkar, Ahmad ^a   Mesbahi, Asghar ^a   Rasta, S H ^a   Keshtkar, Asghar ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IMAM KHOMEINI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bio impedance; Normal and malignant bladder tissue; Numerical technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER DISTENSION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; EDEMA; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLOW RATE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SECTION; UROTHELIUM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 72249111940     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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