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Table 3 Maximum Specific Absorption Rate (Watts/kg)1 Values represent the maximum specific absorption rate (SAR) attained in tissue for the computational models.

From: Thermal modeling of lesion growth with radiofrequency ablation devices

Source Voltage (Volts)

0%2 Perfusion (0.0 × 10-3 mb 3/mt 3/s)

20%2 Perfusion (1.3 × 10-3 mb 3/mt 3/s)

40%2 Perfusion (2.6 × 10-3 mb 3/mt 3/s)

60%2 Perfusion (3.8 × 10-3 mb 3/mt 3/s)

80%2 Perfusion (5.1 × 10-3 mb 3/mt 3/s)

100%2 Perfusion (6.4 × 10-3 mb 3/mt 3/s)

2.5

645.6

645.3

645.1

644.9

644.8

644.8

5.0

2608

2603

2600

2598

2596

2595

7.5

5966

5940

5924

5912

5903

5896

10.0

10850

10770

10720

10680

10650

10630

12.5

17450

17260

17120

17030

16950

16900

15.0

26030

25620

25330

25120

24970

24860

17.5

36940

36140

35600

35190

34900

34680

20.0

50590

49180

48230

47480

47000

46620

22.5

67470

65210

63520

62510

61610

60990

25.0

88170

84890

82360

80440

78940

77910

27.5

113300

108900

105300

102400

100100

98390

30.0

143400

137700

133000

129000

125700

123000

  1. 1 – The maximum current density was always located at the tip of the ablation probe. Therefore, all values listed above are comparable with each other; 2 – The units for tissue perfusion are cubic meters of blood (mb 3) per cubic meter of tissue (mt 3) per second.