Research Article

An Analytical Solution for Radiofrequency Ablation with a Cooled Cylindrical Electrode

Table 1

Properties of liver tumor tissue used in this study [10, 11].

PropertyNomenclatureMagnitudeUnits

Tissue density1000kg 
Tissue thermal conductivity0.512W 
Tissue specific heat4200J 
Blood density1000Kg 
Blood perfusion0.0015
Blood specific heat3600J 
Tissue electrical conductivity0.188S 
Metabolic heat generation700W