Periportal fields cause stronger cooling effects than veins in hepatic microwave ablation: an in vivo porcine study.
Franz G M PochBeatrice GeyerChristina A NeizertOle GemeinhardtStefan M NiehuesJanis Lucas VahldiekBernd FrericksKai S LehmannPublished in: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) (2020)
Hepatic vessels influenced MWA zones and caused a distinct cooling effect. Portal fields resulted in more pronounced cooling effect than hepatic veins. No cooling effect was observed around vessels situated within the central white zone.