Finite element analysis of radio-frequency ablation in a reconstructed realistic hepatic geometry

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 83-85

  Pandey, Ajit K ^a   Chang, Isaac ^b   Myers, Matthew R ^b   Banerjee, Rupak K ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BLOOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEATING; LIVER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PROBES; TUMORS;

BLOOD FLOW; CANCER THERAPY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEALTHY TISSUES; HEAT ENERGY; HEPATIC TISSUE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; OPTIMAL SETS; PROBE GEOMETRY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURSIONS; RF CURRENTS; RF PROBE; SPECIFIC INFORMATION; TEMPERATURE RISE; THERMAL DAMAGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); TIME DURATION; TIME-DEPENDENT TEMPERATURE; TUMOR NECROSIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 78249242774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2002-32046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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