Biophysics of radiofrequency ablation

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-63

  Haemmerich, Dieter ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysics; Radiofrequency ablation; Tissue heating

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRODES; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE;

CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA; CLINICAL APPLICATION; IMAGING GUIDANCE; RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION; TARGET TISSUES; TISSUE CONDUCTIVITY; TISSUE HEATING; TREATMENT MODALITY;

DISEASES;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONDUCTANCE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE; HEATING; LIVER TUMOR; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; VARICOSIS;

EID: 78650119201     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v38.i1.50     Document Type: Review

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