Thermal ablation in biological tissue using tubular electrode

Author

Antunes, Carlos Lemos ; Almeida, Tony R. ; Raposeiro, Nélia ; Gonçalves, Belarmino ; Almeida, Paulo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

fYear

2010

fDate

9-12 May 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In the last decade, the study of methodologies for heating biological tissue has been an area of most interest in biology and medicine. As a result, the number of electrode solutions has grown in the past years. In this work, we study the capability of using a tubular electrode for heating biological tissue. To test this possibility, liver samples ex-vivo were used and numerical simulations were made. The final results were compared and revealed satisfactory and promising use of tubular electrodes for this kind of application.

Keywords

biological tissues; biomedical electrodes; biothermics; liver; radiation therapy; radiofrequency heating; biological tissue; heating; liver; numerical simulations; radiofrequency heating; thermal ablation; tubular electrode; Biological tissues; Biomedical electrodes; Liver; Numerical simulation; Radio frequency; Resistance heating; Temperature distribution; Testing; Thermal conductivity; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC), 2010 14th Biennial IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7059-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CEFC.2010.5481489

Filename

5481489