Numerical processing of 3D MRI data prior to thermal modeling and clinical treatment planning of ultrasound hyperthermia treatment of brain tumors

Author

Frey, Pascal ; Gautherie, Michel

Author_Institution

Lab. of Biomed. Thermology, Louis Pasteur Univ., Strasbourg, France

Volume

3

fYear

1992

fDate

Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992

Firstpage

950

Lastpage

952

Abstract

Within the framework of a R&D project on ultrasound thermotherapy of brain tumors, studies are in progress to develop 3D numerical modeling of power deposition and temperature patterns in view of clinical treatment planning. Patient vs. tumor characterization is based upon 3D voxel data acquired from low-field MRI examinations. Original algorithms and software programs were developed for data clustering and mesh generation.

Keywords

biomedical MRI; biomedical ultrasonics; brain; cancer; hyperthermia; medical image processing; mesh generation; physiological models; tumours; 3D MRI; 3D voxel data; brain tumors; clinical treatment planning; data clustering; mesh generation; numerical processing; power deposition; temperature patterns; thermal modeling; ultrasound hyperthermia treatment; ultrasound thermotherapy; Adaptation model; Biological system modeling; Computational modeling; Data models; Heating; Numerical models; Solid modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0785-2

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-0816-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761321

Filename

5761321