Thermal ablation of biological tissues in disease treatment: A review of computational models and future directions

S Singh, R Melnik - Electromagnetic biology and medicine, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Percutaneous thermal ablation has proven to be an effective modality for treating both
benign and malignant tumours in various tissues. Among these modalities, radiofrequency …

Quasi-distributed fiber optic sensor-based control system for interstitial laser ablation of tissue: theoretical and experimental investigations

L Bianchi, S Korganbayev, A Orrico… - Biomedical optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
This work proposes the quasi-distributed real-time monitoring and control of laser ablation
(LA) of liver tissue. To confine the thermal damage, a pre-planning stage of the control …

Transient simulation of laser ablation based on Monte Carlo light transport with dynamic optical properties model

Y Shimojo, K Sudo, T Nishimura, T Ozawa… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Laser ablation is a minimally invasive therapeutic technique to denature tumors through
coagulation and/or vaporization. Computational simulations of laser ablation can evaluate …

Patient-specific temperature distribution prediction in laser interstitial thermal therapy: single-irradiation data-driven method

T Gao, L Liang, H Ding, G Wang - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is popular for treating brain tumours and epilepsy.
The strict control of tissue thermal damage extent is crucial for LITT. Temperature prediction …

Enhanced precision of real-time control photothermal therapy using cost-effective infrared sensor array and artificial neural network

DT Phan, LH Tran, S Park, J Choi, HW Kang… - Computers in Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Photothermal therapy (PTT) requires tight thermal dose control to achieve tumor ablation
with minimal thermal injury on surrounding healthy tissues. In this study, we proposed a real …

Effect of optical energy modulation on the thermal response of biological tissue: computational and experimental validations

VG Truong, YW Lee, HW Kang - Biomedical Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
This study develops an energy modulation technique to attain a constant interstitial tissue
temperature and to induce the predetermined thermal coagulation without carbonization in …

Enhancement of gold nanorods‐assisted photothermal treatment on cancer with laser power in stepwise modulation

Y Kim, H Kim, HW Kang - Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Photothermal therapy (PTT) is a minimally invasive or noninvasive method by
destructing cancer cells through selective thermal decomposition. However, a long period of …

[HTML][HTML] Collective bacterial disinfection by opto-chemical treatment on mature biofilm in clinical endoscope

S Park, F Khan, VG Truong, S Jeong, DH Lee… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study proposes an innovative opto-chemical treatment using a basket-
integrated optical device (BIOD) to disinfect mature bacterial biofilm on endoscope …

Temporal modulation of optical energy for enhanced photothermal hemostasis of intraoperative bleeding during laser treatment

S Park, HW Kang - Journal of Biophotonics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Intraoperative bleeding during laser treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) often
impedes cystoscopic vision, necessitating the use of conventional hemostatic devices. This …

Feedback-controlled thermal therapy of tissues based on fiber Bragg grating thermometers

S Korganbayev, A Orrico, L Bianchi… - 2021 IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate treatment monitoring and control are essential factors to ensure safe and effective
outcomes of thermal ablation therapies. In this work, we report a temperature feedback …