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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2017 May 17;40(10):1600–1608. doi: 10.1007/s00270-017-1692-3

Table 2.

Size and density (Hounsfield units) of ablations on CT imaging 24hours after radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation, microwave ablation and irreversible electroporation in normal porcine liver and kidney.

Techniques Liver Kidneys
Length (mm) Width (mm) Density (HU) Length (mm) Width (mm) Density (HU)
Radiofrequency ablation 30–35 20–22 51–52 24–32 18–24 43–55
Cryoablation 18–20 16–19 59–70 16–18 12–14 54–68
Microwave ablation 23–26 18 40–49 18–23 14–17 39–47
Irreversible electroporation 26–29 12–15 61–73 28 14–15 59–70

Note - value are range (mm for size and Hounsfield units for density)