Title :
Passive acoustic thermo-tomography: development for cancer hyperthermia therapy
Author :
Anosov, A.A. ; Bograchev, K.M. ; Wood, B.J. ; Passechnik, V.I. ; Svet, V.D. ; Gorbach, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Sechenov´´s Moscow Med. Acad., Russia
Abstract :
The objectives of this paper are (a) to describe a passive acoustic thermo-tomographic imaging method for volumetric maps of temperature distribution in living tissue for use in noninvasive control of tissue temperature during radiofrequency heating of tumor tissue, (b) to illustrate this method by computer simulation and in laboratory tests on phantoms.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical transducers; biomedical ultrasonics; cancer; computerised tomography; hyperthermia; medical control systems; piezoelectric transducers; radiation therapy; radiofrequency heating; temperature distribution; thermometers; tumours; acoustic thermometer; cancer hyperthermia therapy; computer simulation; laboratory tests; living tissue; noninvasive control; passive acoustic thermo-tomographic imaging method; passive acoustic thermo-tomography; phantoms; piezotransducer; radiofrequency heating; temperature distribution; tissue temperature; tumor tissue; volumetric maps; Acoustic imaging; Cancer; Heating; Hyperthermia; Medical treatment; Neoplasms; Radio control; Radio frequency; Temperature control; Temperature distribution;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Imaging, 2002. Proceedings. 2002 IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7584-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISBI.2002.1029311
