Journal article
Effect of thermal treatment on heating characteristics of Ni-Cu alloy for hyperthermia: preliminary studies
Journal of applied biomaterials, Vol.4(1), pp.55-60
1993
DOI: 10.1002/jab.770040107
PMID: 10148346
Abstract
Ferromagnetic Ni-Cu alloy wires were characterized in order to obtain well-defined thermoseeds for application in interstitial hyperthermia of prostate cancer. Thermoseeds have been produced which possess Curie points in the therapeutic hyperthermia range, approximately 40 to 50 degrees C. The effect of thermal treatment and composition on the heating characteristics of the thermoseeds were investigated. The preliminary study shows that the recrystallization is crucial for altering thermoseeds' heating characteristics. Obtaining thermoseeds which behave as desired depends on changes in annealing times and temperatures. One may increase the maximum heating temperature (similar to Curie temperature) by increasing the annealing time and cooling time. Decreasing the lower annealing plateau temperature also increases the maximum seed heating temperature. Higher nickel content compositions did not affect rise time but increased the maximum heating temperature.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Effect of thermal treatment on heating characteristics of Ni-Cu alloy for hyperthermia: preliminary studies
- Creators
- S D Ferguson - Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, The University of Iowa 52242J A PaulusR D TuckerS A LoeningJ B Park
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of applied biomaterials, Vol.4(1), pp.55-60
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1002/jab.770040107
- PMID
- 10148346
- ISSN
- 1045-4861
- eISSN
- 1549-9316
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1993
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Pathology
- Record Identifier
- 9984047773502771
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