Title :
Electrical and thermal measurement device dealt with electrosurgery
Author :
Wang, Lin ; Nessler, Norbert ; Loh, Robert ; Hochmair, Erwin
Author_Institution :
Center for Robotics & Adv. Autom., Oakland Univ., Rochester, MI, USA
Abstract :
A new device is constructed and reported in this paper for measuring the electrical and thermal properties of the electrode for electrosurgery. A calibration is made to improve the accuracy of the measurement. Volunteer experiments were carried out and the edge effect was verified
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; calibration; electric variables measurement; electrodes; surgery; thermal variables measurement; accuracy; calibration; electrical measurement device; electrode; electrosurgery; medical equipment; thermal measurement device; Conductivity measurement; Current measurement; Electric variables measurement; Electrodes; Gold; Hafnium; Phase measurement; Resistors; Temperature measurement; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1997. Computational Cybernetics and Simulation., 1997 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4053-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1997.626228