Simulation of temperature measurement during transurethral hyperthermia treatment of the prostate

Author

Wren, Joakim ; Sjödin, Jan-Gunnar ; Erlandsson, Bjorn-Erik ; Loyd, Dan

Author_Institution

Linkoping Univ., Sweden

Volume

6

fYear

1997

fDate

30 Oct-2 Nov 1997

Firstpage

2523

Abstract

Microwave treatment of patients with prostatic enlargement is currently under development. For the safety of the patient it is of utmost importance to determine the intraprostatic temperature as well as the temperature in the surrounding tissues. Therefore we present this analysis of the temperature distribution in the tissue and in the catheter. We find that the temperature distribution is nonuniform, and that the temperature measurement in the catheter simulated here is inaccurate

Keywords

biological tissues; biomedical measurement; finite element analysis; hyperthermia; microwave heating; temperature distribution; temperature measurement; FEM; catheter; intraprostatic temperature; microwave hyperthermia; nonuniform distribution; prostatic enlargement; surrounding tissue temperature; temperature distribution; temperature measurement simulation; transurethral hyperthermia treatment; Antenna measurements; Catheters; Diseases; Electromagnetic heating; Hyperthermia; Medical treatment; Microwave devices; Surgery; Temperature distribution; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1997. Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4262-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1997.756842

Filename

756842