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Table 1 Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celsius)1 Values represent the maximum temperature attained in tissue for the computational models.

From: Thermal modeling of lesion growth with radiofrequency ablation devices

Source Voltage (Volts)

0%2 Perfusion (0.0 × 10-3 mb 3/mt 3/s)

20%2 Perfusion (1.3 × 10-3 mb 3/mt 3/s)

40%2 Perfusion (2.6 × 10-3 mb 3/mt 3/s)

60%2 Perfusion (3.8 × 10-3 mb 3/mt 3/s)

80%2 Perfusion (5.1 × 10-3 mb 3/mt 3/s)

100%2 Perfusion (6.4 × 10-3 mb 3/mt 3/s)

2.5

37.3

37.3

37.2

37.2

37.2

37.2

5.0

38.6

38.5

38.4

38.3

38.2

38.2

7.5

41.0

40.6

40.3

40.1

40.0

39.9

10.0

44.3

43.6

43.1

42.8

42.5

42.3

12.5

48.8

47.7

46.9

46.3

45.8

45.4

15.0

54.6

52.9

51.6

50.7

50.0

49.4

17.5

62.0

59.5

57.7

56.2

55.2

54.3

20.0

71.1

67.9

65.5

63.4

61.9

60.7

22.5

82.4

78.6

75.4

73.0

70.7

69.0

25.0

96.1

91.8

88.0

84.8

82.1

79.7

27.5

112.73

107.83

103.43

99.5

96.1

93.4

30.0

132.53

126.93

121.83

117.43

113.43

109.93

  1. 1 – The maximum temperature for the case of 0% perfusion was located along the center of the conducting electrode. In all other cases, the maximum temperature occurred at the tip of the probe; 2 – The units for tissue perfusion are cubic meters of blood (mb 3) per cubic meter of tissue (mt 3) per second; 3 – These temperatures do not account for energy loses associated with tissue desiccation or gas formation.