Treatment of tumors located in the human thigh using RF hyperthermia

Przeglad Elektrotechniczny

Volumn 87, Issue 12 B, 2011, Pages 103-106

  Kurgan, Eugeniusz ^a   Gas, Piotr ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bioheat equation; Finite element method; Hyperthermia; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655178426     PISSN: 00332097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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