Changes in dielectric properties at 460 kHz of kidney and fat during heating: Importance for radio-frequency thermal therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2509-2525

  Pop, Mihaela ^a,b   Molckovsky, Andrea ^a   Chin, Lee ^a,b   Kolios, Michael C ^a,c   Jewett, Michael A S ^a,b   Sherar, Michael D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ELECTRODES; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PERMITTIVITY;

THERMAL THERAPY;

TISSUE;

FAT; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BATH; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRODE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HISTOLOGY; IMPEDANCE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUMOR; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 0042977261     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/15/317     Document Type: Article

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