Title
3D simulation of platelet aggregation in cryosurgery.
Abstract
In cryosurgery for cancer treatment, cells are injured not only by freezing but also by vascular stasis. The vascular stasis caused by thrombosis necrotizes the surrounding non-targeted cells due to the lack of oxygen and nourishment. Inhibition of thrombus formation, which is the former phase of the vascular stasis, is required to prevent damaging normal cells around a tumorDForegoing studies simulated platelet aggregation based on distance between platelets. However, in cryosurgery, temperature dependency of blood-clotting factors' activity is required to be considered. The authors constructed a three-dimensional model consisting of vascular and extra- vascular tissues, and simulated heat transform and platelet aggregation. Heat transform was analyzed by boundary fitted coordinates method, and platelet aggregation was analyzed by particle method. The probability of bonding between platelets is derived from chemical reaction kinetics. The results showed larger size of simulated thrombus on higher temperature. The simulation with varied temperature around destructed area showed platelet aggregation depending on temperature.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/EMBC.2013.6609894
EMBC
Keywords
DocType
Volume
thrombosis,three-dimensional model,tumor,vascular stasis,heat transform,blood-clotting factor,platelet aggregation,boundary fitted coordinates method,cancer,biothermics,cryosurgery,aggregation,chemical reaction kinetics,medical computing,biological tissues,surgery,cancer treatment,blood,solid modeling,force,mathematical model,chemicals
Conference
2013
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1557-170X
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Asuka Yagi100.34
Yoshihiro Kuroda28816.56
Yuki Uranishi31912.41
Masataka Imura48518.80
Osamu Oshiro57115.44