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Tosi, D,Poeggel, S,Dinesh, DB,Macchi, EG,Gallati, M,Braschi, G,Leen, G,Lewis, E,Kalinowski, HJ,Fabris, JL,Bock, WJ
24TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OPTICAL FIBRE SENSORS
Optical fiber biocompatible sensors for monitoring selective treatment of tumors via thermal ablation
2015
January
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Optical fiber sensors (OFS) Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometry (EFPI) Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) distributed sensors biophysical sensors hyperthermia radiofrequency ablation (RFA) interventional cancer care RADIOFREQUENCY LIVER
Thermal ablation (TA) is an interventional procedure for selective treatment of tumors, that results in low-invasive outpatient care. The lack of real-time control of TA is one of its main weaknesses. Miniature and biocompatible optical fiber sensors are applied to achieve a dense, multi-parameter monitoring, that can substantially improve the control of TA. Ex vivo measurements are reported performed on porcine liver tissue, to reproduce radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma. Our measurement campaign has a two-fold focus: (1) dual pressure-temperature measurement with a single probe; (2) distributed thermal measurement to estimate point-by-point cells mortality.
10.1117/12.2192201
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