Analysis to a critical state of thermal field in microwave ablation of liver cancer influenced by large vessels

International Journal of Hyperthermia

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-38

  Nan, Qun ^a   Zheng, Weiying ^b   Fan, Zhoutian ^a   Liu, Youjun ^a   Zeng, Yi ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blood vessel; Finite element method; Microwave ablation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEAT; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER CANCER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MICROWAVE THERAPY; RADIOSURGERY; TEMPERATURE;

CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 76149085207     PISSN: 02656736     EISSN: 14645157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02656730903419257     Document Type: Article

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