Feasibility of Using a Novel 2.45 GHz Double Short Distance Slot Coaxial Antenna for Minimally Invasive Cancer Breast Microwave Ablation Therapy: Computational Model, Phantom, and In Vivo Swine Experimentation

Table 5

Tissue damage score in samples of sow mammary gland undertaking thermal ablation.

Power-time	10 W-120 s		20 W-40 s		30 W-30 s		50 W-15 s
Group	Ctl	Treated	Ctl	Treated	Ctl	Treated	Ctl	Treated
Region
1	Neg	+++	Neg	++++	Neg	++++	Neg	++++
2	Neg	++	Neg	++	Neg	++	Neg	++++
3	Neg	+	Neg	++	Neg	+	Neg	++
4	Neg	+	Neg	+	Neg	+	Neg	+

++++: heavy damage; +++: defined damage; ++: moderate damage; +: low damage; Neg: no damage; Ctl: control.