Catheter-based ultrasound hyperthermia with HDR brachytherapy for treatment of locally advanced cancer of the prostate and cervix

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7901, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Diederich, Chris J ^a,b   Wootton, Jeff ^a,b   Prakash, Punit ^a   Salgaonkar, Vasant ^a   Juang, Titania ^a   Scott, Serena ^a,b   Chen, Xin ^a   Cunha, Adam ^a   Pouliot, Jean ^a   Hsu, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocavity; Hyperthermia; Interstitial; Thermal therapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ENDOCAVITY; HYPERTHERMIA; INTERSTITIAL; THERMAL THERAPY; ULTRASOUND;

APPLICATORS; CATHETERS; DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; HEATING; ONCOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; RATING; THERMOCOUPLES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY;

EID: 79953827713     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.876401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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