Thermal modeling of lesion growth with radiofrequency ablation devices

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Chang, Isaac A ^a   Nguyen, Uyen D ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Catholic University of America ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LESIONS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICES; TEMPERATURE ISOTHERMS; TISSUE DAMAGE;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELLS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO WAVES; THERMAL EFFECTS; TISSUE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL DAMAGE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; ISOTHERM; LIVER; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE PERFUSION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; NECROSIS; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; LIVER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NECROSIS; NEOPLASMS; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 13144298524     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-3-27     Document Type: Article

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