Fractal reconstruction of breast perfusion before and after hyperthermia treatments

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 207-211

  Craciunescu, Oana I ^a   Das, Shiva K ^a   Wong, Terrence Z ^a   Samulski, Thaddeus V ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; FRACTALS; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; INTERPOLATION; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; RESONANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUMORS;

3D RECONSTRUCTION; BEFORE AND AFTER; DATA SETS; DYNAMIC CONTRAST-ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DYNAMIC MRI; FRACTAL INTERPOLATION; FRACTALITY; HIDDEN VARIABLE; HUMAN BREAST; ORIGINAL IMAGES; PIECE-WISE; PROTOCOL PARAMETERS; THERMAL MODELING; TUMOR PERFUSION; TUMOR SIZE; TUMOR TISSUES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 78249251453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2002-33692     Document Type: Conference Paper

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