Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 454-459 , May 2008

An electrode array that minimizes blood loss for radiofrequency-assisted hepatic resection

  • D.J. Schutt

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 165 Ashley Ave, Charleston SC 29425, USA
    • ,
  • A.P. O’Rourke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA
    • ,
  • J.A. Will

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA
    • ,
  • J.G. Webster

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA
    • ,
  • D.M. Mahvi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA
    • ,
  • D. Haemmerich

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 165 Ashley Ave, Charleston SC 29425, USA
    • Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, SC, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 165 Ashley Ave, PO Box 250915, Charleston SC 29425, USA. Tel.: +1 843 792 1396.

Received 2 November 2006 ,Revised 20 February 2007 ,Accepted 4 May 2007.

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PII: S1350-4533(07)00094-X

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.05.004

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 454-459 , May 2008

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