Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 135-143 , March 2008

Numerical analysis of temperature and thermal dose response of biological tissues to thermal non-equilibrium during hyperthermia therapy

  • Ping Yuan

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Received 4 May 2006 ,Revised 18 March 2007 ,Accepted 22 March 2007.

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PII: S1350-4533(07)00060-4

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.03.006

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 135-143 , March 2008

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