A theoretical model for RF ablation of kidney tissue and its experimental validation

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5958 LNCS, Issue , 2010, Pages 119-129

  Pop, Mihaela ^a   Davidson, Sean R H ^b   Gertner, Mark ^b,c   Jewett, Michael A S ^b   Sherar, Michael D ^a,b   Kolios, Michael C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer modelling; Kidney; Radio frequency ablation; Thermal damage

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODELLING; COMPUTER MODELS; DYNAMIC TIME; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; EX-VIVO; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; KIDNEY TISSUES; KINETIC PROCESS; LESION SIZE; PORCINE KIDNEY; PRE-CLINICAL; RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION; RF ELECTRODES; SIMULATED TRANSIENTS; SIMULATION RESULT; TEMPERATURE RISE; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERMAL DAMAGE; THERMAL INSULATORS; THERMAL LESION; THERMAL THERAPIES; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOURS; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROWTH KINETICS; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; TUMORS;

ABLATION;

EID: 77949603312     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11615-5_13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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