Laser Interstitial Thermotherapy for pancreatic tumor ablation: Theoretical model and experimental validation

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 5585-5588

  Saccomandi, P ^a   Schena, E ^a   Di Matteo, F M ^b   Pandolfi, M ^b   Martino, M ^b   Rea, R ^b   Silvestri, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b Unit of Hematology Stem Cell Transplantation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATED VOLUME; ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD PERFUSION; EX-VIVO; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; EXTINCTION TIME; HEALTHY TISSUES; IN-VIVO; LASER INDUCED INTERSTITIAL THERMOTHERAPY; LASER INTERSTITIAL THERMOTHERAPY; LASER TREATMENT; NEOPLASTIC TISSUE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATIC TISSUE; PANCREATIC TUMORS; POWER INCREASE; SURGICAL RESECTION; THEORETICAL MODELS; THEORETICAL VALUES; THERMAL ABLATION; THERMAL RESPONSE; TISSUE RESPONSE; TUMOR TREATMENT;

ABLATION; BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; TUMORS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84055184174     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091351     Document Type: Conference Paper

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