1. Correlation of Intrahepatic Light and Temperature Distribution in Laser-Induced Thermotherapy of Liver Tumors and Liver Tissue
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Ch.-T. Germer, Gerhard Müller, Ch. Isbert, J.-P. Ritz, H. J. Buhr, and Andre Roggan
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Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Materials science ,Laser-induced thermotherapy ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Integrating sphere ,Attenuation coefficient ,Liver tissue ,medicine ,Dosimetry ,Light Dosimetry ,Distribution (pharmacology) ,Surgery ,Penetration depth ,Biomedical engineering - Abstract
Summary Introduction: For prediction of the effectiveness of laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT) of liver metastases and for the Planning of laser treatment it is indispensable to achieve knowledge about the intrahepatic light and temperature distribution in order to obtain data for an optimally adapted dosimetry. Material and methods: We evaluated the optical properties of normal and tumorous rabbit-liver ex-vivo using a double integrating sphere technique as well as a Monte-Carlo-simulation. These data were correlated with the measurement of the intrahepatic temperature ditrsibution in-vivo during LITT. Results: In our study we were able to show a positive correlation between ex-vivo results of optical properties and in-vivo results in temperature distribution. The absorption coefficient and scattering coefficients were significantly smaller in tumor tissue than in normal liver. This resulted in a higher optical penetration depth of the laser light into the tumor tissue (p Conclusions: These results provide a better understanding of laser-tissue interaction and may be helpful to investigators in the field of light dosimetry in liver tissue.
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- 2000