Radiofrequency ablation: Importance of background tissue electrical conductivity - An agar phantom and computer modeling study

Radiology

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 495-502

  Solazzo, Stephanie A ^a   Liu, Zhengjun ^a   Lobo, S Melvyn ^a   Ahmed, Muneeb ^a   Hines Peralta, Andrew U ^a   Lenkinkski, Robert E ^a   Goldberg, S Nahum ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEATING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TISSUE;

AGAR; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 22544465241     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2362040965     Document Type: Article

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