Ex situ quantification of the cooling effect of liver vessels on radiofrequency ablation

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 394, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 475-481

  Lehmann, K S ^a   Ritz, J P ^a   Valdeig, S ^a   Knappe, V ^a   Schenk, A ^b   Weihusen, A ^b   Rieder, C ^b   Holmer, C ^a   Zurbuchen, U ^a   Hoffmann, P ^a   Peitgen, H O ^b   Buhr, H J ^a   Frericks, B B ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipolar; Cooling effect; Heat sink effect; Liver; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ELECTRODE; LIVER; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; LIVER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWINE;

EID: 67749139478     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-009-0480-1     Document Type: Article

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