Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 9 , Pages 1224-1229 , September 2009

Microwave Ablation versus Radiofrequency Ablation in the Kidney: High-power Triaxial Antennas Create Larger Ablation Zones than Similarly Sized Internally Cooled Electrodes

  • Paul F. Laeseke, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to P.F.L.
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  • Fred T. Lee Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792
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  • Lisa A. Sampson, BS, CVT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792
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  • Daniel W. van der Weide, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792
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  • Christopher L. Brace, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792

Received 1 October 2008 ,Revised 12 May 2009 ,Accepted 15 May 2009.

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 P.F.L. and C.L.B. have ownership interest in and receive consulting fees from NeuWave Medical (Madison, Wisconsin), which owns the license to the triaxial microwave antenna design described in this study. F.T.L. and D.W.v.d.W. have ownership interest in NeuWave Medical. L.A.S. receives consulting fees from NeuWave Medical.

 This study was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Maryland).

PII: S1051-0443(09)00577-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.05.029

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 9 , Pages 1224-1229 , September 2009

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