Thresholds for thermal damage to normal tissues: An update

International Journal of Hyperthermia

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 320-343

  Yarmolenko, Pavel S ^a,b   Moon, Eui Jung ^c,d   Landon, Chelsea ^c,d   Manzoor, Ashley ^d,e   Hochman, Daryl W ^c   Viglianti, Benjamin L ^f   Dewhirst, Mark W ^c,e,g  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Medical Physics Program   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

hermal damage threshold; normal tissue damage; thermal dosimetry; thermal injury

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACCURACY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BLADDER MUSCLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY TEMPERATURE; BONE INJURY; BONE MARROW; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BREAST INJURY; BREATHING RATE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORNEA INJURY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTATE GYRUS; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; EAR INJURY; EDEMA; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; EYELID DISEASE; FERTILITY; GERM CELL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT INJURY; HEATING; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE INJURY; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MUSCLE INJURY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PROSTATE; RESEARCH; RETINA INJURY; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN INJURY; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMAL INJURY; THERMOMETRY; THYMUS; TISSUE; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; CELL DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EYE INJURIES; FERTILITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLES; PROSTATE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESPIRATION; SKIN; SPERMATOZOA; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 79956204592     PISSN: 02656736     EISSN: 14645157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2010.534527     Document Type: Review

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