عنوان

Methods of Hyperthermia Control

354050978X

3642746365

9783540509783

9783642746369

b554082

Methods of Hyperthermia Control

[Book]

edited by Michel Gautherie.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

1990

(xi, 130 pages 125 illustrations)

Clinical thermology., Subseries thermotherapy.

1 Thermometry in Therapeutic Hyperthermia --;1.1 Introduction --;1.2 Clinical Considerations --;1.3 Available Technologies --;1.4 Measurement Errors and Artifacts --;1.5 Future Developments --;1.6 Summary --;References --;2 Noninvasive Control of Hyperthermia --;2.1 Introduction --;2.2 General Considerations Regarding Imaging Technique Performances --;2.3 Electromagnetic Radiometric Techniques --;2.4 X-Ray Tomodensitometry --;2.5 NMR Tomography --;2.6 Imaging of Dielectric Properties --;2.7 Ultrasonic Techniques --;2.8 Discussion, Synthesis, and Prospects --;References --;3 Use of Microwave Radiometry for Hyperthermia Monitoring and as a Basis for Thermal Dosimetry --;3.1 Introduction --;3.2 Measurement of Thermal Radiation --;3.3 Microwave Radiometric Systems --;3.4 Control of Hyperthermia by Microwave Radiometry --;3.5 Thermal Dosimetry for Microwave Hyperthermia Based on Microwave Radiometry --;3.6 Conclusion --;References.

The enormous potential that hyperthermia has for benefiting patients with cancer is impressively indicated by biological studies, both in vitro and in vivo, and by comparative clinical studies whenever the heat has been appro- priate to the size of the tumor.

Medical radiology.

Medicine.

Oncology.

edited by Michel Gautherie.

Michel Gautherie

[Book]

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