title: Temperature distributions during thermoradiotherapy: a sensitivity study with a transient numerical model of the rabbit eye.
abstract: An approach to the treatment of medium-sized choroidal melanomas combines radiation with ferromagnetic hyperthermia. The study herein discusses results with a numerical thermal model of a choroidal melanoma in the rabbit eye as treated with episcleral, thermoradiotherapy plaques. The sensitivity of a temperature-dependent blood perfusion model is investigated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering Experiment Station, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53703, USA.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Tompkins
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Steeves
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001831:Body Temperature; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D009716:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; D011817:Rabbits; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013816:Thermodynamics