학술논문

Monitoring of temperature increase and tissue vaporization during laser interstitial thermotherapy of ex vivo swine liver by computed tomography
Document Type
Conference
Source
2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE. :378-381 Jul, 2013
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Liver
Temperature sensors
Computed tomography
Temperature measurement
Applicators
Medical treatment
Monitoring
Language
ISSN
1094-687X
1558-4615
Abstract
Laser interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) is a minimally invasive technique used to thermally destroy tumour cells. Being based on hyperthermia, LITT outcome depends on the temperature distribution inside the tissue.