@article{KnopfKloecknerHimmeletal.2013,
  author    = {Christoph Knopf and Stephan Kl{\"o}ckner and J{\"o}rg Himmel and Olfa Kanoun},
  title     = {Imaging of 3D Potential Distribution Generated by Instruments for Bipolar Electrosurgery},
  series   = {Transactions on Systems, Signals and Devices},
  volume    = {8},
  number    = {4},
  pages     = {387 -- 399},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {The transurethral resection (TUR) is a standard technique in urological treatment procedures. Both, monopolar and bipolar electrosurgical systems, are used for TUR. Whereas electrical and physical processes in surgery surroundings are well understood for monopolar systems, there is no sufficient data base for the assessment of the processes with the use of bipolar systems. In this context a multi-electrode measuring system was developed to visualize the spatial potential distribution around bipolar electrosurgical devices as a first step to risk analysis. To simulate the anatomic surroundings of a transurethral surgery a cylinder filled with isotonic saline solution is used as a complexity reduced experimental environment. Investigations about time stability and a qualitative assessment of the experimental set-up show deviations of measured values less than 5\%. This is sufficient for further analysis of calculated power loss density distributions based on measured potential distributions. The spatial potential distribution around a bipolar devices is presented by horizontal and vertical sections through the experimental environment.},
  language  = {en}
}