A review of coaxial-based interstitial antennas for hepatic microwave ablation

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-213

  Bertram, John M ^a   Yang, Deshan ^a   Converse, Mark C ^b   Webster, John G ^a   Mahvi, David M ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Antenna; Coaxial; Hepatic; Hyperthermia; Interstitial; Liver; Liver cancer; Microwave ablation; Probe; Resection

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; LASER ABLATION; LASER SURGERY;

HYPERTHERMIA; LIVER; LIVER CANCER; MICROWAVE ABLATION (MWA); RESECTION;

ONCOLOGY;

CATHETER; CONDUCTANCE; CONDUCTOR; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIVER SURGERY; MICROWAVE ABLATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW;

EID: 33748794285     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v34.i3.10     Document Type: Review

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