Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 194-197 , March 2006

In vitro measurements of temperature-dependent specific heat of liver tissue

  • Dieter Haemmerich

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital, Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Pediatrics, 165 Ashley Ave, PO Box 250915, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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  • Icaro dos Santos

      Affiliations

    • University of Brasilia, Department of Electrical Engineering, Brazil
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  • David J. Schutt

      Affiliations

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Madison, WI
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  • John G. Webster

      Affiliations

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Madison, WI
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  • David M. Mahvi

      Affiliations

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Surgery, Madison, WI

Received 17 November 2004 ,Revised 23 March 2005 ,Accepted 19 April 2005.

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PII: S1350-4533(05)00100-1

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.04.020

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 194-197 , March 2006

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