Optical changes as a marker for lesion size estimation during radiofrequency ablation - A model study

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4254, Issue , 2001, Pages 164-171

  Eriksson, O ^a   Wardell K ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain electrodes; Laser doppler flowmetry; Reflection spectroscopy; RF lesioning

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FLOWMETERS; IMAGE INTENSIFIERS (ELECTRON TUBE); LASER ABLATION; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROELECTRODES; SIZE DETERMINATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

LESION SIZE ESTIMATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

NEUROSURGERY;

EID: 0034872790     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.427930     Document Type: Conference Paper

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