RF ablation at audio frequencies preferentially targets tumor - A finite element study

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1797-1798

  Haemmerich, D ^a,b   Mahvi, D M ^a   Lee Jr , F T ^a   Webster, J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver ablation; Liver cancer; Liver tumor; Radiofrequency ablation; RF ablation; RFA

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

LIVER ABLATION; LIVER CANCER; METASTATIC LIVER TUMOR; MINIMALLY INVASIVE TREATMENT; RADIO FREQUENCY ABLATION;

TUMORS;

EID: 0036911651     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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4. Haemmerich, D., Staelin,S.T., Tungjitkusolmun, S., Lee, F.T. Jr., Mahvi, D.M., and Webster, J.G., Hepatic bipolar radio-frequency ablation between separated multiprong electrodes, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 48, 1145-1152, 2001.