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Modelling individual temperature profiles from an isolated perfused bovine tongue.

Abstract：

:To predict the temperature distribution during hyperthermia treatments a thermal model that accounts for the thermal effect of blood flow is mandatory. The DIscrete VAsculature (DIVA) thermal model developed at our department is able to do so; geometrically described vessels are handled individually and the remaining vasculature is modelled collectively. The goal of this paper is to experimentally validate the DIVA model by comparing measured with modelled temperature profiles on an individual basis. Temperature profiles in an isolated bovine tongue heated with three hot water tubes were measured at three controlled perfusion levels, 0, 6 and 24 ml (100 g)(-1) min(-1). The geometries of the tongue, the hot water tubes, thermocouples and discrete vasculature down to 0.5 mm diameter were reconstructed by using cryo-microtome slices at 0.1 mm cubic resolution. This reconstruction of the experimental set-up is used for the modelling of individual profiles. In a no-flow agar-agar phantom, DIVA showed nearly perfect correspondence between measurements and simulations. In the isolated bovine tongue the correspondence at no flow was slightly disturbed due to geometrical distortion in the reconstruction of the experimental set-up. Measurements showed decreasing temperature profiles with increasing perfusion. DIVA correctly predicted this decrease in temperature as well as the thermal impact of a large vessel close to a thermocouple. Blood flow was modelled using discrete vasculature and using a heat sink model. Although at 24 ml (100 g)(-1) min(-1) correspondence between heat sink simulations and measurements was reasonable, modelling discrete vasculature yielded the best correspondence at both 6 and 24 ml (100 g)(-1) min(-1). The results strongly suggest that with accurate data acquisition DIVA can predict temperature profiles on an individual basis. For this kind of patient-specific treatment planning in the clinic, geometrical reconstruction of the anatomy, vasculature and the heating implant is necessary. MRI is capable of providing these data. Further research will be done on thermal simulations of actual clinical hyperthermia treatments.

journal_name

Phys Med Biol

journal_title

Physics in medicine and biology

authors

Raaymakers BW,Crezee J,Lagendijk JJ

doi

10.1088/0031-9155/45/3/314

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-03-01 00:00:00

pages

765-80

issue

eissn

0031-9155

issn

1361-6560

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Modelling individual temperature profiles from an isolated perfused bovine tongue.