Paper Info
Title
Design of a new probe for tumor treatment in the alternate thermal system based on numerical simulation.
Abstract
A new probe for tumor treatment is designed and simulated in this study. This probe combines the cryosurgery and hyperthermia which is suitable for the treatment of subcutaneous tumors. Simulations of the cooling and heating processes demonstrate that the probes are capable of treating the tumor effectively. And the numerical results indicate that the lengths of the probe, the diameters of the inner tube and the pressures of liquid nitrogen influence the probes' cooling ability. The temperature responses at the tumor base induced by different probes are similar, though the great differences appear on the treatment interface of the probes, thus the temperature gradient within the tumor. Based on the simulation results, the heating effect of the probe is shown to be effective in damaging the tumor while protecting normal tissue in the surrounding. Animal experiments will be carried out using this type of probe to treat tumor in the near future.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091695
EMBC
Keywords
Field
DocType
probe cooling,alternate thermal system,liquid nitrogen,inner tube,subcutaneous tumor treatment,numerical analysis,heating process,biomedical equipment,tumor treatment,cryosurgery,numerical simulation,hyperthermia,tumours,surgery,patient treatment,mathematical model,temperature gradient,radio frequency,heating
Biomedical engineering,Hyperthermia,Thermal,Computer simulation,Computer science,Biomedical equipment,Liquid nitrogen,Temperature gradient,Patient treatment
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
2011
null
1557-170X
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4244-4122-8
1
0.48
References 
Authors
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zhanghao Cai110.48
Mingyang Song221.18
Jianqi Sun310.48
Aili Zhang410.48
Lisa X Xu522.92