A method for the in vitro testing of cardiac ablation catheters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 44, Issue 10 PART 2, 1996, Pages 1841-1847

  Hsu, Steve S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ELECTRODES; HELICAL ANTENNAS; ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE HEATING; MUSCLE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETERS;

CARDIAC ABLATION CATHETERS; FLOW PHANTOM MODEL; IN VITRO TESTING; LESIONS; PHANTOM; TEMPERATURE CONTOURS;

CATHETERS;

EID: 0030258679     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.539942     Document Type: Article

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