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Devices, Equipment, and Operation of Ablation Systems

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Tumor Ablation

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This chapter reviews the operation of each of several medical systems that is used to deliver local thermal therapy. Each system provides its own mechanism for the transfer of energy within tissue that results in cytotoxic effects. This targeted destruction of cells is referred to as tissue ablation. This chapter concentrates on the medical system itself, and not the principles behind the various mechanisms of tissue ablation. It is concerned with the physician as a user, or operator, of the ablation system during a procedure. Accordingly, emphasis is placed on the following: the thermal applicator, the main control panel, user-defined parameters and settings, and feedback to the operator.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Paul R. Morrison MS (Medical Physicist, Harvard Medical School)

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  2. Eric vanSonnenberg MD
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  1. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Eric vanSonnenberg MD (Chief of Radiology, Interventional Radiologist) (Chief of Radiology, Interventional Radiologist)

  2. Brigham and Women’s Hospital Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Eric vanSonnenberg MD (Chief of Radiology, Interventional Radiologist) (Chief of Radiology, Interventional Radiologist)

  3. Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    William N. McMullen (Interventional Oncology Consultant) (Interventional Oncology Consultant)

  4. Department of Radiology, Ospedale Civile Busto Arsizio, 21052, Busto Arsizio, Italy

    Luigi Solbiati MD (Chairman) (Chairman)

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Morrison, P.R., vanSonnenberg, E. (2005). Devices, Equipment, and Operation of Ablation Systems. In: vanSonnenberg, E., McMullen, W.N., Solbiati, L., Livraghi, T., Müeller, P.R., Silverman, S.G. (eds) Tumor Ablation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28674-8_7

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