Title :
Monitoring of the Coalesced Ice Ball in Cryosurgery
Author :
Tortal, Eleazar R. ; Liyana-Pathirana, Ranjith ; Ilic, Vojislav ; Gunawardana, Upul
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Ind. Design, Western Sydney Univ., Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
In this paper we consider the ice ball formation in a multi-probe cryosurgical procedure. By representation of collocation polynomials and visualisation of individual ice ball formation the radius of thermal propagation from the cryoprobe tip centre can be investigated. This serves as the basis for optimisation of cryoprobe placement to the targeted tissue or the surgeon´s decision for the cessation of the freezing process during cryosurgery.
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; biothermics; freezing; polynomials; surgery; coalesced ice ball monitoring; collocation polynomials; cryoprobe tip centre; freezing process cessation; imaging; multiprobe cryosurgical procedure; thermal propagation; Acoustic imaging; Argon; Cryogenics; Ice; Monitoring; Polynomials; Probes; Shadow mapping; Temperature; Ultrasonic imaging; Cryosurgery; model; optimisation; simulation; thermal;
Conference_Titel :
TENCON 2005 2005 IEEE Region 10
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, Qld.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9311-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9312-0
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.2005.300935
