Models and measurements of light intensity changes during laser interstitial thermal therapy: Implications for optical monitoring of the coagulation boundary location

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 543-559

  Chin, Lee C L ^a,b   Whelan, William M ^b,c   Vitkin, I Alex ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; IRRADIATION; LASERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TISSUE;

THERMAL THERAPY;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEATING; LASER INTERSTITIAL THERMAL THERAPY; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION MONITORING; SIMULATION; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SERUM ALBUMIN; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0242669389     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/4/309     Document Type: Article

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