Temperature-controlled and constant-power radio-frequency ablation: What affects lesion growth?

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1405-1412

  Jain, Mudit K ^a   Wolf, Patrick D ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer model; Constant power; Dose response curves; Efficiency; Finite element; Radio frequency (RF) ablation; Temperature control; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; RADIOFREQUENCY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0033485373     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.804568     Document Type: Article

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