Calculated RF electric field and temperature distributions in RF thermal ablation: Comparison with gel experiments and liver imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-76

  Cheng, Yu Chung N ^a   Brown, Robert W ^a   Chung, Yiu Cho ^a   Duerk, Jeffrey L ^a   Fujita, Hiroyuki ^a   Lewin, Jonathan S ^a   Schuele, Donald E ^a   Shvartsman, Shmaryu ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Conductivity; Electric field; Heat equation; Interventional MRI; Lesion shape; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031932248     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880080116     Document Type: Article

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