Figures & data
Table 1. Summary of the power, time and sample size investigated in the three experimental set-ups.
Figure 1. Scheme of the set-up with cuboid specimens used to measure the shrinkage of tissue.
Figure 2. (a) Image of coagulated tissue obtained after ex vivo MWA, and (b) schematic representation of the appearance of the coagulated tissue.
Table 2. Average contraction ratios (radial and longitudinal) of completely carbonised specimens [23].
Figure 3. (a) 40 mm cube before and (b) after the heating conducted in microwave oven supplying 700 W for 8 min. Each side of the sample decreased from 40 ± 1 mm to 27 ± 1 mm.
Table 3. Dimensions of the specimens before and after heating in a microwave oven.
Figure 4. Appearance of a tissue specimen after the RF heating procedure was conducted supplying 70 W at 450 kHz for 7 min.
Table 4. Initial (DA) and final (dA) dimensions of the specimens heated with RFA.
Table 5. Dimensions of the specimens ablated through the percutaneous microwave applicator before and after the heating.
Table 6. Summary of the model application to the results of the experiment with the MWA applicator.
