@inproceedings{e7caa87fc7484b878b4b5db92f935982,
title = "Evaluation of Thermal Properties of Ex Vivo Kidney up to Ablative Temperatures",
abstract = "Thermal ablative techniques have been used in kidney tumour treatments; these treatments use electromagnetic energy to increase the temperature of the target tissue in order to destroy it. Dielectric and thermal properties influence the deposition of electromagnetic energy and the heat distribution into the tissue, respectively. Accurate knowledge of dielectric and thermal properties permits accurate modelling of the therapeutic results. Extensive research has been conducted on dielectric property characterisation of tissue, while significantly less data are available in literature on thermal property characterisation. The aim of this study is to experimentally investigate the kidney thermal properties in ex vivo ovine models (n = 4) in a temperature range from room to ablative temperatures (95–96 °C). Results show changes in thermal properties at temperatures approaching the water transition to gas, i.e. above 95 °C.",
keywords = "Hyperthermic techniques, Thermal ablation, Thermal properties",
author = "Silva, \{Nuno P.\} and Anna Bottiglieri and Emily Porter and Martin O{\textquoteright}Halloran and Laura Farina",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.; 8th European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, EMBEC 2020 ; Conference date: 29-11-2020 Through 03-12-2020",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-64610-3\_61",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783030646097",
series = "IFMBE Proceedings",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "537--543",
editor = "Tomaz Jarm and Aleksandra Cvetkoska and Samo Mahni{\v c}-Kalamiza and Damijan Miklavcic",
booktitle = "8th European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference - Proceedings of the EMBEC 2020",
}