Cryosurgery: Analysis and experimentation of cryoprobes in phase changing media

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Shitzer, Avraham ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

cooling rate; frozen volume; inverse problem; lethal temperature

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PERFUSION; CAPILLARY BLOOD; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; COOLING RATES; DESIGN PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FREEZE/THAW CYCLES; FROZEN VOLUME; IN-PHASE; IN-VITRO; LETHAL TEMPERATURE; METABOLIC HEAT; METABOLIC RATES; MULTIPROBES; NONFROZEN; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OPTIMAL PLACEMENTS; PHASE CHANGE HEAT TRANSFER; PRE-TREATMENT; SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION; SINGLE PROBE; TECHNION; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL PERTURBATIONS; TISSUE DESTRUCTION;

BLOOD; COOLING; CRYOSURGERY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ISOTHERMS; METABOLISM; PROBES; PROCESS CONTROL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 78650042830     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002302     Document Type: Review

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