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| Author(s): |
João Henrique Uliana
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Ribeirão Preto. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2016-09-29 |
| Examining board members: |
Théo Zeferino Pavan;
Luciano Bachmann;
Wagner Coelho de Albuquerque Pereira
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| Advisor: | Théo Zeferino Pavan |
| Abstract | |
Several studies have shown that elevating the temperature of tumoral tissue improves standard cancer treatments success rate (radiotherapy and chemotherapy). This procedure can also be a therapy to cancer by delivering heat and killing cancer cells while healthy tissues are preserved. For improved efficiency and security in heat applications, it is important to monitor tissue temperature during treatments. Photoacoustic (PA) pressure wave amplitude has a temperature dependence given by the sample mechanical properties (Gruenesein parameter). These changes in photoacoustic signal amplitude carry information about temperature variation in tissue. Therefore, PA has been proposed as an imaging technique to monitor temperature during hyperthermia. In this study, PA images were acquired for temperatures ranging from 36ºC to 41ºC using a tissue-mimicking phantom immersed in a temperature controlled thermal bath. Relative amplitude variation was calculated using speckle tracking algorithms using four different methods to estimate these variations in PA signal amplitude. The results are presented as PA-based thermal images, generated using a calibration factor to the percentage variations in the amplitude maps. Finally, PA-based and ultrasound-based thermal images were acquired during heating by high intensity focused ultrasound (High Intensity Therapeutic Ultrasound - HITU) in a porcine muscle. The results suggest a non-invasive way to monitor temperature during hyperthermia procedures. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/26598-2 - Photoacoustic monitoring of tissue temperature during hyperthermia treatment |
| Grantee: | João Henrique Uliana |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |