Theoretical modeling for radiofrequency ablation: State-of-the-art and challenges for the future

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Berjano, Enrique J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TISSUE;

CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST CONTROL; ELECTRICITY; FUTUROLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; HEART; HEART SURGERY; HEAT; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RADIO WAVES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646556653     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-5-24     Document Type: Review

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