Thermal therapy and evaluation by precise temperature control device

Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B

Volumn 75, Issue 758, 2009, Pages 2055-2059

  Maruyama, Shigenao ^a   Takashima, Shigeru ^b   Komiya, Atsuki ^b   Seki, Takashi ^b   Yambe, Tomoyuki ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bio Heat Transfer Equation; Biological Components and Systems; Heat Conduction; Medical Engineering; Medical Equipment

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; HEAT CONDUCTION; MEDICINE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AXISYMMETRIC MODELING; BIOHEAT TRANSFER EQUATIONS; BIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS; CALCULATION RESULTS; CLINICAL EXPERIMENTS; MEDICAL ENGINEERING; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT TEMPERATURE;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 73949119409     PISSN: 03875016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/kikaib.75.758_2055     Document Type: Article

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