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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Thermotherapy"”.
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Evaluation of nanoparticles-based thermotherapy for cancer
… side effects and proven the success of the new thermotherapy as a treatment modality in conjunction with chemo- or radiotherapy. Studies are in progress to improve the nanoparticles' heating power to enable treatment of small tumors and metastases, thermoablation as a monotherapy, and to achieve …
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Development of Feedback Microwave Thermotherapy in Symptomatic Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.
… heat away from the treatment area during thermotherapy. This is the explanation for the unpredictable outcome and frequent treatment failures described after low-energy transurethral microwave thermotherapy. High-energy TUMT can compensate for this in many ways but results in significant …
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Interstitial laser thermotherapy (ILT) of breast cancer - Methodology and immunological responce
Interstitial laser thermotherapy (ILT) is an attractive form of local therapy against cancer because of its anti-tumor immune activity. The aim of this work was to evaluate ILT in breast cancer with respect to technique, changes in tissue immunocompetent cells and effect on prognosis. The method is …
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Magnetomotive optical coherence tomography and elastography with applications in magnetic thermotherapy dosimetry
… to the tumors as therapeutic agents in magnetic thermotherapy (MT) to ablate the malignancies. Remotely manipulated with an external magnetic field, the same MNPs can also induce “magnetomotions”, which can be detected via magnetomotive optical coherence tomography (MM-OCT) and enable …
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Thermotherapeutic enhancement of infusate distribution during convection enhanced delivery in the brain using fiber-optic microneedle devices
… of tissue in the region of infusion, called thermotherapy. Thermotherapy offers the advantages of increasing the volume of distribution (Vd) of the infusate, as well as facilitating intracellular penetration of the therapeutic. We hypothesize that heating of brain tissue will increase …
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Virus elimination from Actinidia germplasm
… the infected material. The anti-viral effect of thermotherapy and chemotherapy was tested on a selection of viruses that infect Actinidia species (Actinidia virus A (AcVA), Actinidia virus B (AcVB), Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV), Apple stem grooving virus (ASGV), Actinidia virus X (AVX), Citrus leaf …
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New minimally-invasive laser treatment in orthopaedics on spinal deformations and bone tumours
… the feasibility of laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) of bone tissue as a minimally-invasive treatment of bone tumours (osteoid osteoma). After evaluating three lasers (Ho:YAG, Nd:YAG and diode (940 nm)), we found that thermal penetration and, thus, coagulation of bone tumours is …
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Dual-modality thermoacoustic and photoacoustic imaging
… which are both needed for safe and efficient thermotherapy. Using a tissue phantom, these noninvasive methods have been demonstrated to have a high temperature sensitivity of 0.15 0C at 2 s temporal resolution: 20 signal averages).
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Efficacy of Wearable Therapies on the Ability to Improve Performance and Physical Health in Sport Horses
… (PEMF), vibration therapy, cryotherapy, and thermotherapy. When used prior to or after exercise, the therapeutics are designed to prepare the body for exercise and improve recovery by increasing circulation and down regulating the inflammatory response. The studies performed evaluate the …
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Nanoscale thermal transport for biological and physical applications
… that determine the heating during such a thermotherapy. Thus, we show that a fundamental parametric investigation of the heating of soft materials can provide pathways for optimal MFH design. Since ferrofluid materials themselves play a key role in heating, we examine six materials that …
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Maximizing Local Access to Therapeutic Deliveries in Glioblastoma: Evaluating the utility and mechanisms of potential adverse events for minimally invasive diagnostic two novel therapeutic techniques for brain tumors
… technical component of our convection-enhanced thermotherapy catheter system (CETCS), chronically implanted in the rodent brain. The CETCS is a novel technology being developed and used in our laboratory to improve the delivery of drugs to brain tumors using CED. This study provides regulatory …
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To investigate the effectiveness of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation combined with heat therapy as opposed to proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation with cryotherapy in the treatment of mechanical neck pain caused by hypertonic posterior cervical muscles
Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Health in compliance with the requirements for a Master's Degree in Technology: Chiropractic at Durban Institute of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2005.
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The effect of heat therapy on post-dry needling soreness in the deltoid muscle of asymptomatic subjects
Dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Masters Degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2011.
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Development of spike train algorithms for physiotherapy assessment using deep learning approaches
Physiotherapy nowadays has become a demanding medication for curing bones related injuries and pain to restore someone's to health in order to gain back the ability to cope with daily living tasks. As the technologies of sensors have risen, smart physiotherapy monitoring systems become trendy …