Electrical conductivity measurement of excised human metastatic liver tumours before and after thermal ablation

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 459-466

  Haemmerich, Dieter ^a,b   Schutt, David J ^a   Wright, Andrew W ^c   Webster, John G ^d   Mahvi, David M ^e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b South   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dielectric tissue properties; Electrical conductivity; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

DIELECTRIC TISSUE PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; FREQUENCY RANGES; LIVER TUMORS; NORMAL TISSUE; THERMAL ABLATION; TISSUE CONDUCTIVITY; TISSUE PROPERTIES; TUMOUR TISSUE;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; ABLATION TECHNIQUE; AGED; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; AGED; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67651162180     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/30/5/003     Document Type: Article

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