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The study confirms that the temperature-dependent variation of the thermal conductivity of biological media must be taken into account in determining the temperature profiles in cryogenic interventions.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 149–152, January, 1987.
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Voitenko, A.I. Verification of the thermal contact between probe and tissue in cryosurgical operations. Journal of Engineering Physics 52, 122–124 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00870216
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00870216