Tumor ablation at low frequencies for preferential tumor heating: Initial ex-vivo tissue studies

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 238-241

  Haemmerich, Dieter ^a   Schutt, David J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GELATION; HEATING; LIVER; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ACTIVE ELECTRODES; ADJACENT LAYERS; AGAR GELS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; EX-VIVO; LIVER CANCERS; LIVER TISSUES; LOW FREQUENCIES; LOWER FREQUENCIES; NEEDLE ELECTRODES; NORMAL TISSUES; PREFERENTIAL HEATING; RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATIONS; TEMPERATURE RISE; TREATMENT MODALITIES; TREATMENT SITES; TUMOR ABLATIONS; TUMOR TISSUES;

TUMORS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; SWINE;

EID: 84903809159     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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