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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1815-5928</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Ingeniería Electrónica, Automática y Comunicaciones]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[EAC]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1815-5928</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría, Cujae]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1815-59282019000100081</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Modeling of RF thermal ablation taking into account the temperature dependence of the tissue properties]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Modelación de la ablación térmica por RF teniendo en cuenta la dependencia de las propiedades del tejido con la temperatura]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Deás Yero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Douglas]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gilart González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fidel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Van Troyen]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dirk]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vandenbosch]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guy A. E.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Nacional de Electromagnetismo Aplicado  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Santiago de Cuba]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Katholieke Universiteit Leuven  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Leuven]]></addr-line>
<country>Belgium</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>40</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>81</fpage>
<lpage>95</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1815-59282019000100081&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1815-59282019000100081&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1815-59282019000100081&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The outcome of radio frequency thermal ablation (RFTA) is significantly affected by the tissue electrical conductivity; thus, understanding the changes of this property during heating is fundamental to suitably model the medical procedure. In this work a reasonable procedure is proposed for selecting the appropriate experimental data of the temperature dependence of electrical conductivity for the simulation taking into account the heating rate at which the data was acquired and the power that will be delivered to the electrodes in the RFTA situation of interest, based on the computing of the time average of the heating rate in a representative point of the ablation zone. The numerical results confirmed that the use of lower frequencies (20 kHz) than currently used during RFTA (450 kHz) may result in preferential heating of the tumor and consequently in less damage on healthy tissue. Also, the effect on the computed thermal lesion size of three different models of the temperature dependence of electrical conductivity used for the simulation of a RFTA situation at 20 and 450 kHz, entailing the presence of three materials with different dielectric properties (normal liver tissue, tumor gel phantom and muscle saline phantom) was investigated. The results demonstrated that not only the initial (baseline) electrical conductivity is important in predicting the lesion size, but also it is the model of the temperature dependence of electrical conductivity.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El resultado de la terapia de ablación térmica por radiofrecuencia (RFTA) es significativamente afectado por la conductividad eléctrica del tejido; por eso la comprensión de los cambios de esta propiedad durante el calentamiento es fundamental para modelar adecuadamente el procedimiento médico. En este trabajo se propone un procedimiento razonable para seleccionar los datos experimentales apropiados de la dependencia de la conductividad eléctrica con la temperatura para la simulación teniendo en cuenta el ritmo de calentamiento a la que fueron adquiridos los datos y la potencia a suministrar a los electrodos en la situación de RFTA de interés, basado en la computación del promedio temporal de la velocidad de calentamiento en un punto representativo de la zona de ablación. Los resultados numéricos confirmaron que la utilización de frecuencias más bajas (20 kHz) que las actualmente en uso durante la RFTA (450 kHz) puede producir un calentamiento preferencial del tumor y por consiguiente menos daño en el tejido sano. También se investigó el efecto sobre el tamaño computado de la lesión térmica, de tres modelos diferentes de la dependencia de la conductividad eléctrica con la temperatura, usados para la simulación de una situación de RFTA a 20 y 450 kHz que acarrea la presencia de tres materiales con propiedades dieléctricas diferentes (tejido hepático normal, phantom gel del tumor y phantom salino del tejido muscular). Los resultados demostraron que no sólo la conductividad eléctrica inicial (la línea base) es importante para predecir el tamaño de la lesión, sino también el modelo de la dependencia de la conductividad eléctrica con la temperatura.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Radio frequency thermal ablation (RFTA)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[2D FEM modeling]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[electro-thermal properties of tissues]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ablación térmica por radiofrecuencia (RFTA)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[modelado FEM 2D]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[propiedades electro térmicas de los tejidos]]></kwd>
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