Impact of segmentation detail in hyperthermia treatment planning: comparison between detailed and clinical tissue segmentation

Iva V.B. Ribeiro, Netteke van Holthe, Gerard C. van Rhoon, Margarethus M. Paulides

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEMF-Med 2018 - 1st EMF-Med World Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields and COST EMF-MED Final Event with 6th MCM
Place of PublicationPiscataway
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)978-9-5329-0079-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Nov 2018
Event1st EMF-Med World Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields, EMF-Med 2018 - Split, Croatia
Duration: 10 Sept 201813 Sept 2018

Conference

Conference1st EMF-Med World Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields, EMF-Med 2018
Country/TerritoryCroatia
CitySplit
Period10/09/1813/09/18

Keywords

  • Hyperthermia
  • Hyperthermia treatment planning segmentation
  • Thermal tissue properties

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