A Tubular Electrode for Radiofrequency Ablation Therapy

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

A Tubular Electrode for Radiofrequency Ablation Therapy

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

Biology

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Abstract

In the last two decades radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has been considered a promising medical procedure for the treatment of primary and secondary malignancies. However, the needle-based electrodes so far developed for this kind of treatment are not suitable for the thermal ablation of tumors located in hollow organs like esophagus, colon or bile duct. In this work a tubular electrode solution is presented. Numerical and experimental analyses were performed to characterize the volume of the lesion induced. Results show that this kind of electrode is a feasible solution and numerical simulation might provide a tool for planning RFA procedure with some accuracy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	517-523
Journal	World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Publication status	Published - Nov 2010

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