Medical imaging provides information valuable in diagnosis, planning, and control of therapies. In this paper, we develop a method that uses a specific type of imaging--the magnetic resonance thermometry--to identify accurate and computationally efficient site and patient-specific computer models for thermal therapies, such as focused ultrasound surgery, hyperthermia, and thermally triggered ta...

BACKGROUND Comano thermal water, well known for its activity in the treatment of dermatological diseases, has been successfully employed in the treatment of upper airways disorders. OBJECTIVE The present preliminary study aimed to evaluate whether Comano thermal water may be able to improve nasal symptoms severity in patients with allergic rhinitis (AR). METHODS 30 AR patients were enrolled...

The thermal conductivity of superconducting MgB 2 was studied in both the superconducting and normal state region. The latter is almost equally determined by the electronic-and the lattice thermal conductivity. In the superconducting state, however, the lattice thermal conductivity is larger. The electronic thermal conductivity below T c was derived from the experimental data considering the Ba...