Electro-Thermal Model of Liver Tissue and its Approximation

Abstract

This paper deals with the proposal of the approximation method of complex organic tissues (in this example liver) for electro-thermal simulation. The main objective of the proposed approximation is to reduce the required computational power for electro-thermal simulation of given issue. The approximated parameters are meant to be used in three-dimensional finite element simulation models. Verification of proposed approximation is given by the comparison of electrical current distribution within complex model of liver tissue and approximated one.

Keywords

• electro surgery
• finite element method
• tissue approximation
• tissue modelling.