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<em>In Vivo</em>, Percutaneous, Needle Based, Optical Coherence Tomography of Renal Masses

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is the optical equivalent of ultrasound imaging, based on the backscattering of near infrared light. OCT provides real ...

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Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is (virtually) always called non-thermal despite many reports showing that significant Joule heating occurs. Our first aim is to validate with mathematical simulations that IRE as currently practiced has a non-negligible thermal response. Our second aim is to present a method that allows simple temperature estimation to aid IRE treatment planning.

Irreversible electroporation: just another form of thermal therapy?

Although tissue ablation by irreversible electroporation (IRE) has been characterized as nonthermal, the application of frequent repetitive high-intensity electric pulses has the potential of substantially heating the targeted tissue and causing thermal damage. This study evaluates the risk of possible thermal damage by measuring temperature development and distribution during IRE of porcine kidney tissue.

Article	Year
Irreversible electroporation: just another form of thermal therapy? The Prostate\| PubMed ID: 25327875	2015
Irreversible electroporation of the porcine kidney: Temperature development and distribution. Urologic oncology\| PubMed ID: 25557146	2014

Peter G. Wagstaff

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