title: Analysis to a critical state of thermal field in microwave ablation of liver cancer influenced by large vessels.
abstract: To study the effect of large blood vessels on the temperature field in invasive microwave ablation, a finite element method was applied based on the convective-type boundary condition on the interface between tissues and blood flow. Whether a large blood vessel is outside of or involved in the lesion area will affect the 54 degrees C effective therapeutic area in different critical conditions. This paper drew the function diagraph on the distance between blood vessel and antenna with the diameter of the blood vessel and put forward the concept of effective therapy radius. It can be used to study the influence of large vessels on the external boundary of the coagulation area and can be used as a theoretical basis to help to decide whether to occlude the large vessels before microwave ablation therapy.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Nan
authors.forename: Weiying
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Zhoutian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Youjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008102:Liver Circulation; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery*; D008872:Microwaves / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008954:Models, Biological