Analysis of temperature measurement for monitoring radio-frequency brain lesioning

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 255-262

  Wren, J ^a   Eriksson, O ^a   Wardell K ^a   Loyd, D ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ablative neurosurgery; Radio frequency brain electrodes; Temperature measurement; Thermal modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES; ELECTRODES; NEUROSURGERY; THERMOCOUPLES;

RADIO-FREQUENCY BRAIN LESIONING;

BRAIN;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROSURGERY; PARKINSON DISEASE; POWER SUPPLY; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME;

CATHETER ABLATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035044118     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02344810     Document Type: Article

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