Selected
Readings in Vision and Graphics
edited by Luc Van Gool, Gábor
Székely, Markus Gross, Bernt Schiele
Volume 52
Esra Neufeld
High Resolution Hyperthermia
Treatment Planning
2009.
XIV, 214 pages. EUR 64,00. ISBN-10: 3-86628-236-2
ISBN-13:
978-3-86628-236-0
This thesis presents a comprehensive planning tool for hyperthermic treatment
of cancer. Novel biological models, numerical methods and simulation software
have been developed to provide efficient, reliable and realistic predictions of
EM-induced heating and the resulting biological effects as well as to optimize
applicator settings. The special techniques required to perform high resolution
simulations with sufficient speed are presented.
Experimental work on MRI-induced implant heating that has been conducted to
validate the simulation tools is discussed.
A dedicated segmentation tool (required for the generation of patient specific
models) with methods ranging from highly interactive to fully automatic is also
described.
About the Author:
Esra Neufeld received his M.Sc. in 'Interdisciplinary
Sciences' from ETH Zurich in 2004, focusing on theoretical physics, quantum
electronics, stereoselective organic chemistry and physical chemistry.
Previously he studied philosophy, theology and jewish law at GTC, UK.
In 2004 he joined the Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in
Society (IT'IS) and the Computer Vision Lab of ETH as a research and teaching
assistant focusing on hyperthermia treatment planning for cancer, (bio)physical
simulations and medical image segmentation.
Keywords /
Schlagwörter:
Cancer, Hyperthermia, Treatment Planning, Thermal Modeling,
Electromagnetic, Modeling, FDTD, High Resolution, Conformal, MRI, Implants,
Dosimetry
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