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This retrospective cross-sectional study evaluated pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) for chronic pain in patients who did not respond to conventional treatment. Across 24 patients treated at different anatomical regions, 66.7% reportedly achieved at least a 50% reduction in VAS pain scores over a mean follow-up of 8.5…

This case report describes a 60-year-old man with a dual-chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillator who underwent septal myectomy and a right atrial radiofrequency maze procedure. Following surgery, a persistent delay in atrial sensing was observed. The authors attribute this most likely to iatrogenic right…

This engineering study describes an experimental setup using a small electret condenser microphone connected to a notebook/PC to detect extremely low frequency signals. Using a small air cell made from a drilled DVD plate with a speaker and microphone on opposite sides, the microphone captured signals in the 0.5–20…

This clinical study evaluated micro-plasma radio frequency treatment for facial acne scars in 24 patients. Patients received 3–5 treatments and were assessed using photographs before and 2 months after treatment. The authors report an overall improvement rate of 83.33% and conclude the technique is effective.

This paper reports the development of a 15-channel transmit-receive RF coil for 7 T human brain MRI, using a hybrid decoupling approach to support element placement along three axes. The design is presented as enabling B1+ shimming and parallel imaging acceleration in three dimensions, with reported isolation and…

This paper describes a new magnetization transfer 31P MRS approach (MT-ISIS) for measuring the creatine kinase forward reaction rate in the human brain using a volume 31P/1H RF coil on a clinical 3-T MRI system. The method aims to reduce acquisition time (30 min), avoid scalp muscle contamination, improve RF…

This engineering-focused mouse fMRI study evaluated a 400-MHz cryogenic RF probe (CryoProbe) versus a conventional room-temperature surface coil during electrical forepaw stimulation. The CryoProbe increased image SNR and temporal SNR and reduced temporal noise compared with the room-temperature coil. The authors…

This in vitro study examined whether extremely low-frequency magnetic fields affect chondrogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells in pellet culture. Cells exposed for 3 weeks to a homogeneous sinusoidal 5 mT magnetic field showed increased collagen type II expression (significant at passage 6) and…

This study evaluated MRI safety parameters for three commercial veterinary RFID microchips at 1 T, assessing movement forces, heating, artifacts, and device function. Translation and torque were reported to be larger than expected from normal activity, but no significant heating was observed and microchip function…

This paper presents a theoretical model of giant phospholipid vesicle deformation in an alternating-current electric field, based on minimizing membrane bending energy and electric-field energy. The model treats the membrane and surrounding aqueous media as leaky dielectrics and reports good quantitative agreement…

This engineering/food science study examined ohmic heating of peaches at 60 V/cm using bipolar pulses across frequencies from 50 Hz to 1 MHz. Heating time to a target temperature and multiple electrical properties were frequency-dependent, particularly for intact tissue. The authors report faster electro-thermal…

This experimental study examined how pulsed electric field (PEF) processing parameters affect cell membrane rupture in onion tissue disks, using ion leakage as the primary integrity measure. Disintegration efficiency increased with field strength up to 500 V/cm and varied with pulse width, pulse number, and…

This theoretical study analyzes quench dynamics in the Kondo model on the Toulouse line in the presence of a local magnetic field. The authors report exact analytical results for local spin dynamics, finding that relaxation timescales are set by the Kondo scale. They also describe damped transient oscillations in…

This small clinical case series evaluated TOPAZ radiofrequency coblation microtenotomy for recalcitrant plantar fasciitis in 14 patients. The abstract reports improved AOFAS hindfoot scores at 3 and 6 months and improvements in several SF-36 domains, with most patients reporting good-to-excellent satisfaction. The…

This in vitro study tested electromagnetic compatibility between passive RFID readers and 15 pacemakers plus 15 ICDs across 134 kHz, 13.56 MHz, and 915 MHz bands. EMI reactions were common with low-frequency RFID and rare with high-frequency RFID, while no reactions were observed with ultra-high-frequency or…

This monocentric study evaluated outpatient feasibility and outcomes of radiofrequency transurethral needle ablation (TUNA) for benign prostatic hyperplasia in patients who did not respond to medical therapy. In the outpatient subgroup, urinary symptom scores, quality of life, flow measures, and residual urine…

This paper reports on pulsed radiofrequency treatment as an interventional approach for pain due to chronic benign pancreatitis. The authors describe their experience in two patients and characterize the technique as minimally neurodestructive and potentially able to reduce pain perception by altering nerve…

This paper describes a procedural technique for transseptal puncture that uses brief pulses of radiofrequency energy delivered from a standard electrosurgical cautery generator through the needle tip. The approach is presented as a way to facilitate septal traversal when tissue is elastic, aneurysmal, or thickened,…

This study compared slow conventional air defrosting with fast radio frequency (RF) defrosting/tempering in lean beef (whole, minced, and comminuted) using drip loss, NMR relaxometry, and dielectric spectroscopy. RF thawing was associated with lower drip loss and lower micronutrient loss in drip than air thawing,…

This paper models biological proton pumping in cytochrome c oxidase under an applied oscillating electric field. The authors report that proton pumping efficiency and steady-state electronic currents vary significantly with the field’s frequency and amplitude. A spectral analysis is described as supporting dominant…

This engineering study describes a focused-ion-beam-assisted technique for fabricating reduced-size NdFeB nanomagnets and integrating them onto a thin-film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR). After bonding the magnet, the FBAR showed a downshift in resonance frequency and a reduced quality factor. The magnetic behavior…