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Table 3 Ablation data from the computer simulation protocols

From: Influence of electrical and thermal properties on RF ablation of breast cancer: is the tumour preferentially heated?

Case description

Vin(V)

I(A)

Z(Ω)

Power (W)

1

F

37.1

0.099

373

3.686627

2

F

28.8

0.144

200

4.142817

3

FT

29

0.109

267

3.150734

4

FT

22.7

0.147

155

3.333956

5

FT

22.8

0.163

140

3.71184

6

FT

23

0.134

171

3.07717

7

FT

22.2

0.193

115

4.301216

8

FT

23.6

0.120

196

2.840624

9

F

60–39

-

-

-

10

FT

60–32

-

-

-

  1. F = geometry with only fatty tissue, FT = geometry with fatty tissue and embedded tumour. For cases using temperature dependent conductivity the presented current, impedance and power are the final values at the end of the treatment.