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Thermal Dose Based Monitoring of Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Prostate Cancer
thesis
posted on 2023-03-20, 14:27 authored by David Dalla RosaThe two most commonly used methods of treatment monitoring and prediction in thermal therapy are the temperature threshold method and the cumulative equivalent minutes at 43°C (CEM
Data from an ongoing clinical trial for laser treatment of low-grade prostate cancer was used to test the consistency of all three methods. Firstly, threshold values required to match the post-treatment damage were predicted and the iCEM
History
Language
engDegree
- Master of Science
Program
- Biomedical Physics
Granting Institution
Ryerson UniversityLAC Thesis Type
- Thesis