Bibliographies:

Bibliographies are in Endnote format and were compiled by Andrew Wright (last update May 2002)

• Ablation Biology
• Comparison Papers
• Cryoablation
• FEM
• Microwave
• Other Modalities
• RF Case Series
• RF Electrode Studies
• RF Imaging Studies
• Robotic-Assisted Surgery
• Tumor Debulking
• Vascular Occlusion
• Woodchuck Hepatoma

Grants:

NIH R01 DK58839, Hepatic RF Ablation: Development of More Effective Devices

Publications in Progress:

Submitted Publications:

Haemmerich, D., Ozkan, O., Tsai, J.-Z., Staelin, S., Tungjitkusolmun, S. and Webster, J.G., In vivo and postmortem liver resistivity, Biomed. Eng. Comp., submitted 2000.

Haemmerich, D., Staelin, S.T., Tungjitkusolmun, S., Lee, F.T.jr., Mahvi, D.M., and Webster, J.G., Automatic control of finite element models for temperature-controlled hepatic radio-frequency ablation, submitted IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 2001.

Wright A., Lee F., Mahvi D. Hepatic Microwave Ablation with Multiple Antennae Results in Synergistically Larger Zones of Coagulation Necrosis. Annals of Surgical Oncology, Accepted March 2002.

Presentations:

Haemmerich, D., Finite Element Modeling of Hepatic Radio Frequency Ablation, PhD Defense, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, December 2001.

Mahvi DM, Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatic Malignancies, University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery Faculty Research Conference, September 2000.

Staelin, ST. A New Bipolar Probe for Hepatic Radiofrequency Ablation

Tungjitkusolmun, S., "PhD Final Defense: Finite element modeling of radiofrequency cardiac and hepatic ablation", Power Point presentation (3.0 MB), July 15, 2000.

Wright, A. Microwave Ablation of Hepatic Tissue, Resident Research Day, University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery, May 2001.

Wright, A. Ablative Technology for Liver Tumors, Resident Research Conference, University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery, February 2001.

Wright A. Basic Science: Liver Anatomy and Physiology. Basic Science Conference, University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery, November 2001.

Wright A. Developing New Technology for Local Tumor Control: A Bioengineering Approach. Department of Surgery 4th Friday Research Seminar, University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery, January 2002.

Wright A. Finite Element Modeling of Hepatic Radiofrequency Ablation. Resident Research Conference, University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery, May 2002.

Other:

Haemmerich, D., Finite Element Modeling of Hepatic Radio Frequency Ablation, PhD Dissertation, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, December 2001.

Tungjitkusolmun, S., Finite element modeling of radio-frequency cardiac and hepatic ablation, PhD Dissertation, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, August 2000.