A minimally invasive antenna for microwave ablation therapies: Design, performances, and experimental assessment

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 949-959

  Cavagnaro, Marta ^a   Amabile, Claudio ^b   Bernardi, Paolo ^a   Pisa, Stefano ^a   Tosoratti, Nevio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b HS Hospital Service SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablation therapies; finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; microwave antennas; microwave heating; temperature increases

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ABLATION THERAPY; ANTENNA DESIGN; ANTENNA MATCHING; ANTENNA PERFORMANCE; AVERAGE DIAMETER; AVERAGE LENGTH; BOVINE LIVER; COAXIAL ANTENNAS; EX-VIVO; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MANUFACTURING TOLERANCES; MICROWAVE ABLATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; OPTIMAL STABILITY; TEMPERATURE INCREASES; THERMAL LESION;

ABLATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; HEATING; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE HEATING; OPTIMIZATION;

MICROWAVES;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EX VIVO STUDY; LIVER; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; RADIATION APPLICATOR; THERMAL INJURY;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 79952954109     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2099657     Document Type: Article

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