Outward Propagation of Freezing from a 1.1 mm Cryoprobe in a Lung Nodule
An Erbe cryoprobe with an outer diameter of 1.1 mm (radius \(a = 0.55\) mm) and a 3 mm long metal contact tip is advanced into a peripheral lung nodule. The probe is cooled by Joule-Thomson expansion of \(CO_2\); the tip surface falls to roughly \(-80\,^\circ\)C within a second or two. Tissue in ...
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