Hepatic radiofrequency ablation with internally cooled probes: Effect of coolant temperature on lesion size

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 493-500

  Haemmerich, Dieter ^a   Chachati, Louay ^b   Wright, Andrew S ^a   Mahvi, David M ^a   Lee Jr , Fred T ^c   Webster, John G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALEPPO   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Bipolar ablation; Finite element method; Hepatic ablation; Liver ablation; Multiprobe; Radiofrequency ablation; RF ablation; RFA

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PROBES; RADIO WAVES; TUMORS; WATER COOLING SYSTEMS;

RADIOFREQUENCY (RF) ABLATION;

ABLATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; LIVER TUMOR; MECHANICAL PROBE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; COLD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; COLD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0242380338     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.809488     Document Type: Article

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