Distribution of SAR and temperature elevation induced in a phantom by a microwave cardiac ablation catheter

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 8 II, 2004, Pages 1978-1986

  Bernardi, Paolo ^a   Cavagnaro, Marta ^a   Lin, James C ^b   Pisa, Stefano ^a   Piuzzi, Emanuele ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

2450 MHz antenna; Bioheat equation (BHE); Cap choke antenna; Catheter antenna; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; Microwave (MW) cardiac ablation; Power density distribution; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BLOOD; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

2450-MHZ ANTENAS; BIOHEAT EQUATION (BHE); CAP-CHOKE ANTENNAS; CATHETER ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE (MW) CARDIAC ABLATION; POWER DENSITY DISTRIBUTION;

CATHETERS;

EID: 4043129509     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.832031     Document Type: Article

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