FOCUSED RF ABLATION USING MAGNETIC FLUIDS

Currently, various types of heat treatment modalities are available, but none of these methods have the ability to accurately deliver high heat energy to deeply seated tumors without damaging the healthy surrounding tissues [Moroz, 2001]. In this work, by the effective usage of DC Magnetic Field Gradients and Magnetic Fluids, a novel RF ablation system was developed which is capable of focusing the heat into very small regions in the order of millimetres.

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