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Clinical experience with a multi-element ultrasonic hyperthermia system: Analysis of treatment temperatures

T. V. Samulski Duke University Medical Center, Radiation Oncology, Box 3085, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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W. J. Grant Duke University Medical Center, Radiation Oncology, Box 3085, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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J. R. Oleson Duke University Medical Center, Radiation Oncology, Box 3085, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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K. A. Leopold Duke University Medical Center, Radiation Oncology, Box 3085, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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M. W. Dewhirst Duke University Medical Center, Radiation Oncology, Box 3085, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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P. Vallario Duke University Medical Center, Radiation Oncology, Box 3085, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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J. Blivin Duke University Medical Center, Radiation Oncology, Box 3085, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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Pages 909-922 | Received 11 Jul 1989, Accepted 03 Jan 1990, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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