DocumentCode
191276
Title
Numerical models of microwave thermal ablation procedures
Author
Cavagnaro, M. ; Pinto, R. ; Lopresto, V.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Sapienza Univ., Rome, Italy
fYear
2014
fDate
6-9 Oct. 2014
Firstpage
480
Lastpage
483
Abstract
Microwave thermal ablations therapies are based on the absorption of an electromagnetic field at microwave frequencies to induce a very high and localized temperature increase to remove unhealthy tissue. The development of clinical protocols for treatment planning is strictly linked to the availability of numerical models able to correctly predict the procedure outcomes. In this paper, some numerical models proposed in the literature were considered and their results were compared.
Keywords
electromagnetic wave absorption; numerical analysis; patient treatment; clinical protocols; electromagnetic field absorption; localized temperature; microwave thermal ablation therapy; numerical models; treatment planning; Conductivity; Electromagnetic heating; Microwave antennas; Temperature distribution; Temperature measurement; Thermal conductivity; FDTD methods; ablation therapies; microwaves; temperature measurements;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2014 44th European
Conference_Location
Rome
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EuMC.2014.6986475
Filename
6986475
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