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Revista mexicana de ingeniería biomédica
On-line version ISSN 2395-9126Print version ISSN 0188-9532
Abstract
BERJANO, E.J.; ROMERO-MENDEZ, R. and FRANCO, W.. Radiofrequency based hyperthermia therapy: A centennial technique serving modern surgery. Rev. mex. ing. bioméd [online]. 2010, vol.31, n.2, pp.142-153. ISSN 2395-9126.
Although the use of radiofrequency (RF) electric currents to treat very different illnesses by surgical means (e.g. cancer, disturbances in cardiac rhythms, or hyperopia) is very recent, the biophysical phenomena in which these surgical techniques are based has been understood for more than 100 years. The aim of this paper is to didactically present the use of RF currents to heat biological tissues with therapeutic and surgical purposes. First, the underlying biophysics mechanisms of this approach are explained. Next, different examples of recent clinical RF-current based applications are discussed.
Keywords : Radiofrequency ablation; thermal therapy.