TY - GEN
T1 - Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors for Temperature Measurements during Radiofrequency Ablation of Solid Tumors
AU - De Vita, Elena
AU - Tosi, Daniele
AU - Saccomandi, Paola
AU - Caponero, Michele Arturo
AU - Iadicicco, Agostino
AU - Campopiano, Stefania
AU - Palumbo, Giovanna
AU - Schena, Emiliano
AU - Massaroni, Carlo
AU - Verze, Paolo
AU - Carlomagno, Nicola
AU - Tammaro, Vincenzo
AU - Rocca, Roberto La
AU - Ippolito, Juliet
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - The goal of thermal ablation is to destroy cancerous cells by increasing the temperature of the target tissue. Among the ablative techniques, radiofrequency (RF) ablation is the most widespread since it can be used in both percutaneous and surgical settings, in safety and with relative ease of use. However, efforts to optimize the RF treatment are needed, considering that the size of necrotized lesions remains a central issue in the application of the ablative procedure. In this work we aimed to evaluate the temperature distribution around the RF probe during radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of ex-vivo animal livers. Temperature maps in the ablated area are obtained by equipping a commercial RF probe with 27 Fiber Bragg Grating sensors (FBGs). The experiments demonstrate the ability of the proposed setup to conduct multi-point measurements in tissues undergoing RFA and the dependence of temperature and thermal damage on insertion depth of the RF probe.
AB - The goal of thermal ablation is to destroy cancerous cells by increasing the temperature of the target tissue. Among the ablative techniques, radiofrequency (RF) ablation is the most widespread since it can be used in both percutaneous and surgical settings, in safety and with relative ease of use. However, efforts to optimize the RF treatment are needed, considering that the size of necrotized lesions remains a central issue in the application of the ablative procedure. In this work we aimed to evaluate the temperature distribution around the RF probe during radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of ex-vivo animal livers. Temperature maps in the ablated area are obtained by equipping a commercial RF probe with 27 Fiber Bragg Grating sensors (FBGs). The experiments demonstrate the ability of the proposed setup to conduct multi-point measurements in tissues undergoing RFA and the dependence of temperature and thermal damage on insertion depth of the RF probe.
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U2 - 10.1109/PIERS-Spring46901.2019.9017554
DO - 10.1109/PIERS-Spring46901.2019.9017554
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85081992298
T3 - Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium
SP - 4279
EP - 4284
BT - 2019 PhotonIcs and Electromagnetics Research Symposium - Spring, PIERS-Spring 2019 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2019 PhotonIcs and Electromagnetics Research Symposium - Spring, PIERS-Spring 2019
Y2 - 17 June 2019 through 20 June 2019
ER -