Microwave Ablation Using Four-Tine Antenna: Effects of Blood Flow Velocity, Vessel Location, and Total Displacement on Porous Hepatic Cancer Tissue

Table 3

The resulting ablation volume of all cases.

Material model	Position (cm)	Velocity (cm/s)	Time (s)	Ablation result of cancer of 5 cm diameter
				Total liver volume (cm^3)	Total cancer volume (cm^3)	Total ablation (cm^3)	Ablated liver volume (cm^3)	Ablated cancer volume (cm^3)	% Ablated cancer
Solid	No blood		900	641.66	65.48	59.38	2.78	56.60	86.44
			3600			69.48	8.19	61.29	93.60
Porous	No blood		900	641.66	65.48	99.04	33.56	65.48	100.00
Porous	0	0	695	641.66	62.87	96.51	33.64	62.87	100.00
		0.1				90.11	30.17	59.94	95.34
		0.5				83.36	23.74	59.61	94.82
		1				81.29	22.55	58.74	93.43
		5				78.96	21.85	57.11	90.84
		10				78.60	21.75	56.85	90.42
		15				78.62	21.80	56.82	90.38
		16.7				78.59	21.82	56.77	90.30
		19.4				78.49	21.76	56.73	90.23
		50				78.43	21.77	56.66	90.12
		100				78.40	21.75	56.65	90.10
		200				78.37	21.74	56.63	90.07
Porous	0	16.7	695	641.66	62.87	78.59	21.82	56.77	90.30
	0.8				64.29	85.66	23.77	61.90	96.27
	1.3				65.48	91.63	26.45	65.19	99.55

The distance of the blood vessel from point A of the 4T antenna.