Abstract
Treatment planning for deep pelvic hyperthermia is currently based on tissue models comprising four tissue categories. For head and neck hyperthermia, we earlier found that more tissues are required for an accurate representation. Hence, we studied the accuracy of the clinical tissue segmentation (4 tissues) using a full detailed tissue list segmentation (80 tissues) as benchmark. The SAR and temperature distributions were evaluated and relevant differences were found. Also, the large and unknown variation in blood perfusion results in a large uncertainty in the predicted temperature distributions. In summary, this study showed that the number of tissues segmented is relevant for both SAR and the temperature prediction accuracy.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | EMF-Med 2018 - 1st EMF-Med World Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields and COST EMF-MED Final Event with 6th MCM |
Place of Publication | Piscataway |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Number of pages | 2 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-9-5329-0079-8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 6 Nov 2018 |
Event | 1st EMF-Med World Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields, EMF-Med 2018 - Split, Croatia Duration: 10 Sept 2018 → 13 Sept 2018 |
Conference
Conference | 1st EMF-Med World Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields, EMF-Med 2018 |
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Country/Territory | Croatia |
City | Split |
Period | 10/09/18 → 13/09/18 |
Keywords
- Hyperthermia
- Hyperthermia treatment planning segmentation
- Thermal tissue properties