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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Thermal Characterization of Phantoms Used for Quality Assurance of Deep Hyperthermia Systems.

Laura Farina, Kemal Sumser, Gerard van Rhoon, Sergio Curto

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Laura FarinaTranslational Medical Device Lab, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-1571-8037
Kemal SumserErasmus MC Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Rotterdam, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-6695-2659
Gerard van RhoonErasmus MC Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Rotterdam, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7365-5783
Sergio CurtoErasmus MC Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Rotterdam, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3073-1117

Funding

European Cooperation in Science and Technology Action MyWAVE CA17115Horizon 2020 n.713690Horizon 2020 No 845645Science Foundation Ireland 13/RC/2073
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tissue mimicking phantoms are frequently used in hyperthermia applications for device and protocol optimization. Unfortunately, a commonly experienced limitation is that their precise thermal properties are not available. Therefore, in this study, the thermal properties of three currently used QA phantoms for deep hyperthermia are measured with an "off-shelf" commercial thermal property analyzer. We have measured averaged values of thermal conductivity (

Indexed as

Hyperthermia, InducedMonitoring, PhysiologicHot TemperatureHumansHyperthermiaPhantoms, ImagingThermal Conductivitydeep hyperthermiahyperthermiaQA phantomsthermal propertiesthermal properties analyzer devicethermal properties sensitivity evaluation

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PMID32823788
PMCPMC7472229

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