Classifying Small Volumes of Tissue for Real-Time Monitoring Radiofrequency Ablation

Besler, Emre; Wang, Y. Curtis; Chan, T.; Sahakian, Alan V.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-21642-9_26

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“…This compensates for the difference (error) between the set-point and the system response to the feedback control. As a result, the system can, in principle, utilize artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms [ 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 ]. In the present computational study, the treatment time of the continuous RF procedure was set to 60 s.…”

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Domain Heterogeneity in Radiofrequency Therapies for Pain Relief: A Computational Study with Coupled Models

Singh

Melnik

2020

Bioengineering

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The objective of the current research work is to study the differences between the predicted ablation volume in homogeneous and heterogeneous models of typical radiofrequency (RF) procedures for pain relief. A three-dimensional computational domain comprising of the realistic anatomy of the target tissue was considered in the present study. A comparative analysis was conducted for three different scenarios: (a) a completely homogeneous domain comprising of only muscle tissue, (b) a heterogeneous domain comprising of nerve and muscle tissues, and (c) a heterogeneous domain comprising of bone, nerve and muscle tissues. Finite-element-based simulations were performed to compute the temperature and electrical field distribution during conventional RF procedures for treating pain, and exemplified here for the continuous case. The predicted results reveal that the consideration of heterogeneity within the computational domain results in distorted electric field distribution and leads to a significant reduction in the attained ablation volume during the continuous RF application for pain relief. The findings of this study could provide first-hand quantitative information to clinical practitioners about the impact of such heterogeneities on the efficacy of RF procedures, thereby assisting them in developing standardized optimal protocols for different cases of interest.

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