Automatic control of finite element models for temperature-controlled radiofrequency ablation

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Haemmerich, Dieter ^a,b   Webster, John G ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b AMRL   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Finite element method; Hepatic ablation; Liver ablation; Radiofrequency ablation; RF ablation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL MODE; CONTROL PARAMETERS; TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

AUTOMATION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; RADIO WAVES; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TWO TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 27744482686     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-4-42     Document Type: Article

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