In an effort to understand dynamic optical changes during laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT), we utilize the perturbative solution of the diffusion equation in heterogeneous media to formulate scattering weight functions for cylindrical line sources. The analysis explicitly shows how changes in detected interstitial light intensity are associated with the extent and location of the volum...

Image-guided percutaneous local therapy using radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) has been used in liver tumours and non-hepatic lesions (e.g. osteoid osteoma) for several years [1–4]. It has been shown to be effective and safe and can usually be performed under local anaesthesia. Recently, percutaneous tumour ablation has also been introduced for l...

Abstract Treatment options for glioblastoma remain limited, particularly those who are not eligible traditional resection, whether due to lesion location or inability tolerate open craniotomy. Maximal-safe resection followed by radiation with concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide offers the best outcomes patients. Unfortunately, all tumors amenable conventional surgical at time of diagnosis only...

شبیه­سازی پیش از انجام درمان، یک روش موثر برای پیش­بینی آسیب حرارتی ایجاد شده در بافت است و امکان انتخاب بهترین پارامترهای ورودی را فراهم می­کند. در این مقاله، دو تکنیک درمانی مورد استفاده در درمان فیبروادنومای پستان، شامل روش درمان حرارتی با لیزر (litt) ودرمان حرارتی با امواج رادیو فرکانسی (rfa) به صورت عددی شبیه­سازی شده است. هر دو روش بر اساس مرگ بافتی برگشت ناپذیرناشی از تولید حرارت در بافت...

Abstract Introduction This study seeks to examine the trends of laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) access in pre-and post-Medicaid expansion time periods; and more specifically, how racial socioeconomic factors impact access. Methods The National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database was queried for all patients who received LITT from 2010 2019 any indication. Age, gender, race, payer status, ...

introduction:  laser  interstitial  thermotherapy  (litt)  is  an  internal  ablation  therapy  method  consisting of a percutaneous or intraoperative insertion of laser fibers directly into the liver tumor with  maximum diameter of 5 cm. in this treatment method, there isn’t any general information about the  relationship  between  increasing  the  exposure  power,  coagulation  and  carboniza...