Micromachined Hot-Wire Thermal Conductivity Probe for Biomedical Applications

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2477-2484

  Yi, Ming ^a   Panchawagh, Hrishikesh V ^b   Podhajsky, Ronald J ^c   Mahajan, R L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^c Energy Based Devices   (United States)

Author keywords

Microprobe; RF ablation; sensor; thermal conductivity; tissue

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETER;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIVER; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 74049150645     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2009.2020991     Document Type: Article

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