Proof of concept percutaneous treatment system to enable fast and finely controlled ablation of biological tissue

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 531-540

  Hancock, Chris P ^a   Chaudhry, S ^a   Wall, P ^b   Goodman, A M ^a  

^a Brassmill Enterprise Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Medical Devices Innovations Ltd (MDi)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Controllable ablation; Percutaneuos treatment; Super high frequency; Tumour ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; SKIN; SURGERY;

CONTROLLABLE ABLATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; PERCUTANEOUS TREATMENT; TUMOR ABLATION;

TUMORS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MICROWAVE ABLATION; NONHUMAN; RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLID STATE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; KIDNEY; LIVER; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE;

EID: 34250165444     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-007-0184-z     Document Type: Article

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