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Concerning hyperthermia phantom
Author(s) -
Astrahan Melvin A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.594572
Subject(s) - imaging phantom , hyperthermia , point (geometry) , medical physics , nuclear medicine , biomedical engineering , physics , optics , medicine , mathematics , geometry , meteorology
The author describes the development of a tissue‐like hyperthermia phantom useful for point by point mapping of hyperthermia fields using transistor probes. This phantom is superior to an earlier model due to its higher melting point of 60°. (AIP)