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Real-Time Calculation Method for Temperature Distribution of Temperature-Controlled Radiofrequency Ablation

温控射频消融温度场快速计算方法的研究

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Precise temperature control and temperature distribution prediction are of great significance for radiofrequency ablation. This research proposes a real-time calculation method for the temperature distribution of radiofrequency ablation combined with proportional-integral temperature control. The thermo-electrical coupling was simplified into a linear relationship based on the study of the influence of temperature-dependent electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity on the PI-controlled radiofrequency ablation temperature distribution, which increases the computational efficiency by 150 times. The average calculation time for radiofrequency ablation of 10min is about 23 s, and the difference between the calculation results of this method and that from COMSOL Multiphysics is no more than 1 °C. This method is not only used for single-probe, but also for double-probe radiofrequency ablation in this paper.

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精确的温度控制和温度场预测对射频消融具有重要意义, 本研究提出了一种比例-积分温度控制射频消融过程中的温度场实时计算方法, 基于电导率对温控射频消融影响的研究, 将热电耦合的计算关系转换为线性的计算关系, 使计算效率提升了150倍. 对于10 min的射频消融, 计算时间约为23 s, 计算结果和相同情况下的COMSOL Multiphysics相比不超过1 °C. 本研究中该计算方法不仅被用于单针射频消融, 还被用于双针射频消融中温度场的计算.

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    Xuewei Wang  (王雪维), Yifei Wang  (王逸飞) & Aili Zhang  (张爱丽)

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Wang, X., Wang, Y. & Zhang, A. Real-Time Calculation Method for Temperature Distribution of Temperature-Controlled Radiofrequency Ablation. J. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ. (Sci.) 28, 411–417 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12204-022-2481-y

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