@article {10.3844/pisp.2014.132.135,
article_type = {journal},
title = {AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE HEAT ENHANCEMENT AND THE BIO-HEAT TRANSFER USING GOLD MACRO ROD AND ULTRASOUND: A POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE TO KILL CANCER CELLS},
author = {Austerlitz, C. and Gkigkitzis, I. and Campos, D. and Haranas, I.},
volume = {5},
year = {2014},
month = {May},
pages = {132-135},
doi = {10.3844/pisp.2014.132.135},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/pisp.2014.132.135},
abstract = {We have previously proposed a method of treating solid tumors with a combination of gold macro-rods irradiated with ultrasound. Macro particle sized rods offer a greater circumferential treatment area over nanoparticle options. Experimental studies were conducted to investigate the heat enhancement and the bio-heat transfer to breast chicken using gold macro rod and ultrasound. An ultrasound, other than a focused ultrasound,  may produce heat enough to cook a chicken breast up to  about 1 cm diameter if  a single gold rod is placed on the superficial tissue. Simulations and experimental results will provide the means to evaluate the treatment, to better design a patient-specific therapy to achieve maximum destruction of tumor and injury minimization of healthy tissue by controlling size, shape and location of gold seeds and ultrasound parameters.},
journal = {Physics International},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}