Microwave Tissue Ablation: Biophysics, Technology and Applications

By C. Brace. Critical reviews in biomedical engineering, 2010

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Microwave ablation is an emerging treatment option for many cancers, cardiac arrhythmias and other medical conditions. During treatment, microwaves are applied directly to tissues to produce rapid temperature elevations sufficient to produce immediate coagulative necrosis. The engineering design criteria for each application differ, with individual consideration for factors such as desired ablation zone size, treatment duration, and procedural invasiveness. Recent technological developments in applicator cooling, power control and system optimization for specific applications promise to increase the utilization of microwave ablation in the future. This article will review the basic biophysics of microwave tissue heating, provide an overview of the design and operation of current equipment, and outline areas for future research for microwave ablation.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

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• Image-guided tumor ablation: standardization of terminology and reporting criteria--a 10-year update. (2014, methodology): “For microwave ablation, the energy frequency and a basic antenna design description (eg, dipole, slot, etc) is necessary to understand energy deposition around the antenna (21).”