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Table 3 The treatment time of cryosurgery when the minimum temperature of the bifurcated artery surface approaches to the freezing temperature (T = 0 °C) according to different cryoprobe positions and inlet velocities of artery root

From: Computational study of the effects of arterial bifurcation on the temperature distribution during cryosurgery

 

Ld = 10 (mm)

Ld = 15 (mm)

Ld = 20 (mm)

Ld = 30 (mm)

Ld = 40 (mm)

V = 0.01 (m/s)

9.93 s

40.50 s

109.15 s

731.50 s

∞

V = 0.05 (m/s)

11.10 s

51.80 s

296.40 s

∞

∞

V = 0.10 (m/s)

11.40 s

58.05 s

∞

∞

∞

V = 0.20 (m/s)

11.50 s

61.90 s

∞

∞

∞

V = 0.30 (m/s)

11.60 s

65.30 s

∞

∞

∞

  1. ∞ means the treatment time more than 20 min