Title :
Performance assessment of FBG temperature sensors for laser ablation of tumors
Author :
Chen, W. ; Gassino, R. ; Liu, Y. ; Carullo, A. ; Perrone, G. ; Vallan, A. ; Tosi, Daniele
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Politec. di Torino, Turin, Italy
Abstract :
The paper presents the characterization results of temperature sensors designed to be employed during thermal treatments of tumors, such as in the laser ablation of malignant cells. The developed sensors are based on Fiber Bragg Gratings, a sensing element able to measure the temperature in proximity of the laser beam without significantly modifying the radiation pattern or perturb the temperature at the sensor site. Different sensor embodiments are analyzed and compared in term of linearity and dynamic response; then a preliminary test during an emulated ablation using a phantom is also presented.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; biothermics; cellular biophysics; fibre optic sensors; laser ablation; laser applications in medicine; phantoms; radiation therapy; temperature measurement; temperature sensors; tumours; FBG temperature sensor performance assessment; fiber Bragg grating; laser ablation; laser beam proximity; malignant cell ablation; phantom; radiation pattern; sensor dynamic response; sensor embodiment; sensor linearity; sensor site temperature perturbation; temperature measurement; temperature sensor design; thermal treatment; tumor ablation; Performance evaluation; Probes; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Tumors;
Conference_Titel :
Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), 2015 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Turin
DOI :
10.1109/MeMeA.2015.7145221
