Simulation study on the heating of the surrounding anatomy during transurethral ultrasound prostate therapy: A 3D theoretical analysis of patient safety

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2862-2875

  Burtnyk, Mathieu ^a,b   Chopra, Rajiv ^a,b   Bronskill, Michael ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Patient safety; Prostate; Temperature feedback control; Thermal therapy; Treatment planning; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; DISEASES; FEEDBACK; HEATING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; UROLOGY;

PATIENT SAFETY; PROSTATE; TEMPERATURE FEEDBACK; THERMAL THERAPIES; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

EID: 77953511852     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3426313     Document Type: Article

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