laser fusion simulations are carried out for dt and d- he pellets by using a hydrodynamic code including heating from all charged reaction products and neutrons. it is shown that the inclusion of the side reactions and heating from all reaction products in the fuel pellets have an appreciable effect on the plasma temperature, the icf drive energy requirement, fusion gain and the ignition condit...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to prospectively compare the value of impedance and temperature monitoring during accessory pathway ablation. Temperature and impedance monitoring can be used during radiofrequency ablation of accessory pathways to titrate power to achieve adequate but not excessive tissue heating. METHODS AND RESULTS One hundred thirty-two patients with a single acc...

Estimating the level of alpha heating and determining the onset of the burning plasma regime is essential to finding the path towards thermonuclear ignition. In a burning plasma, the alpha heating exceeds the external input energy to the plasma. Using a simple model of the implosion, it is shown that a general relation can be derived, connecting the burning plasma regime to the yield enhancemen...

During an MR procedure, most of the transmitted RF power is transformed into heat within the patient's tissue as a result of resistive losses. Not surprisingly, the primary bioeffects associated with the RF radiation used for MR procedures are directly related to the thermogenic qualities of this electromagnetic field. This review article discusses the characteristics of RF energy-induced heati...

Radiofrequency (RF) ablation is a treatment modality that kills unwanted tissue by heat. Starting with cardiac arrhythmia treatment in the 1980s, RF ablation has found clinical application in a number of diseases, and is now the treatment of choice for certain types of cardiac arrhythmia and certain cancers. During RF ablation, an electrode is inserted into or steered intravascularly to the tar...

A linearly chirped fiber Bragg grating (LCFBG) has been used as a temperature sensor for online monitoring of radiofrequency thermal ablation (RFTA). The LCFBG acts as a distributed sensor, with spatial resolution of 75 μm. A white-light setup that records the LCFBG spectrum estimates the temperature profile in real time. Three RFTA experiments have been performed ex-vivo on porcine liver measu...

Gas flow heating using radio frequency plasmas offers the possibility of depositing power in the center of the flow rather than on the outside, as is the case with electro-thermal systems where thermal wall losses lower efficiency. Improved systems for space propulsion are one possible application and we have tested a prototype micro-thruster on a thrust balance in vacuum. For these initial tes...

Background: Non-invasive body contouring is one of the fastest growing fields in aesthetic medicine. Vanquish is a new, non-invasive, treatment that claims to reduce waist circumference by thermo-lysis of subcutaneous fat. Vanquish is an FDA approved device that uses selective, focus-field radiofrequency (RF) for deep tissue heating of the abdomen and flanks. To date there is no large clinical ...

In this paper we illustrate the use of a novel extremum seeking scheme recently proposed in [2] to minimize the percentage of reflected power on the Frascati Tokamak Upgrade (FTU) experimental facility during radiofrequency heating. The paper contains an explanation of how the parameters of the extremum seeking scheme should be selected to induce desirable closedloop performance. The effectiven...