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Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2014 May 17;38(1):182–190. doi: 10.1007/s00270-014-0905-2

Table 2.

Cross sectional area of the ablation zone derived from ¹numerical simulations for treatment planning and ²axial CT measurements (x, y). Percentage values are relative to the simulated value. Means and standard deviations are given.

Protocol Nr.	Simulation¹	CT² day 0 [mm²]	CT² day 0 [%]	CT² day 1 [mm²]	CT² day 1 [%]
1	251	167±38^*	67±15%	272±53	108±21%
2	314	272±50	87±16%	351±46	112±15%
3	347	305±87	88±25%	444±64	128±18%
4	361	356±45^*	99±12%	417±38	116±11%
5	212	425±48^**	200±23%	491±33^**	232±16%
6	241	430±98	178±41%	576±8^**	239±3%

Area significantly smaller than simulation (p<0.01).

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Area significantly larger than simulation (p<0.01).