The process is rapid, requiring less than 15 minutes exposure time.

Thermosensors at the tip of the needle meseares the temperature during the deliver of energy and after one ablation. In this example the 4 needle tips were pushed back in the tissue after the ablation. (the jump at 10.2 minutes) Without delivering energy, the termosensores show then the temperature in the - now dead - tissue itself.

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