A floating sleeve antenna yields localized hepatic microwave ablation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 533-537

  Yang, Deshan ^a,b,d   Bertram, John M ^a,b,e   Converse, Mark C ^a,c,f   O'Rourke, Ann P ^c,f   Webster, John G ^a,b   Hagness, Susan C ^a,b   Will, James A ^c,d   Mahvi, David M ^c,f  

^a IEEE

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Coaxial aperture antennas; Finite element methods; Floating sleeve; Microwave heating

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL APERTURE ANTENNAS; FLOATING SLEEVE; LOW POWER REFLECTION; METAL CONDUCTORS;

ABLATION; ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROWAVES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIVER SURGERY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; SENSOR;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEPATECTOMY; LIVER; MICROWAVES;

EID: 33344469463     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2005.869794     Document Type: Article

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