Abstract: This article presents a retrospective of work performed at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, over the last 3-odd decades. Results of analytical and numerical studies are presented ...

Abstract: The effects of a thermally-significant blood vessel, simulated by an embedded acrylic tube, 4.8 mm outer diameter, on the freezing field caused by a surface cryoprobe were studied experimentally ...

Abstract: The dynamic thermal interaction between a surface cryosurgical probe (heat sink) and an embedded cylindrical tube (heat source), simulating a thermally-significant blood vessel, has been studied. ...

Abstract: A finite element code was developed for the analysis of the temperature field around two adjacent cylindrical cryo-probes. The two-phase, two-dimensional Stefan problem is solved using a moving ...

Abstract: An integral solution for a one-dimensional inverse Stefan problem is presented. Both the freezing and subsequent thawing processes are considered. The medium depicting biological tissues, is a ...

Abstract: A novel method for positioning and operating needle-like cryo-surgical probes in 2D convex target areas is presented. The method is based on the recorded dynamic performance of a single probe, termed “unit circle,” (UC) ...