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Original Articles

Computational modelling of internally cooled wet (ICW) electrodes for radiofrequency ablation: impact of rehydration, thermal convection and electrical conductivity

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Pages 624-634 | Received 05 Aug 2016, Accepted 04 Mar 2017, Published online: 21 Mar 2017

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