Thermal modeling for pulsed radiofrequency ablation: Analytical study based on hyperbolic heat conduction

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1112-1119

  López Molina, Juan A ^a   Rivera, María J ^a   Trujillo, Macarena ^a   Berjano, Enrique J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analytical model; bioheat transfer; hyperbolic heat equation; pulsed ablation; radiofrequency ablation; theoretical modeling; thermal wave

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ANALYTICAL MODELS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEATING; RELAXATION TIME; TISSUE;

BIO-HEAT TRANSFER; HYPERBOLIC HEAT EQUATION; RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION; THEORETICAL MODELING; THERMAL WAVE;

HEAT CONDUCTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RELAXATION TIME; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL TIME; WAVEFORM;

CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICS; RADIO WAVES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63849223028     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3085824     Document Type: Article

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