Fast estimation of the vascular cooling in RFA based on numerical simulation

Open Biomedical Engineering Journal

Volumn 4, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 1, 2010, Pages 16-26

  Kroger T ^a   Patz T ^a   Altrogge, I ^b   Schenk, A ^a   Lehmann, K S ^c   Frericks, B B ^c   Ritz, J P ^c   Peitgen, H O ^a,b   Preusser, T ^a,d  

^a FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fast prediction; Radiofrequency ablation; Vascular cooling

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; APPLICATORS; BLOOD VESSELS; NUMERICAL MODELS; TABLE LOOKUP;

COOLING EFFECTS; EX-VIVO; FAST ESTIMATION; LOOK UP TABLE; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION; RF ABLATIONS; VESSEL RADIUS;

COOLING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EX VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 78249253345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18741207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874120701004010016     Document Type: Article

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