Experimental Validation of a Mathematical Model for Laser-Induced Thermotherapy
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Christian Leithäuser; Frank Hübner; Thomas J. Vogl; Babak Bazrafshan; Norbert Siedow
- Source
- Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2018 ISBN: 9783030275495
- Subject
- Materials science
Laser-induced thermotherapy
law
Experimental validation
Laser
law.invention
Biomedical engineering
- Language
Laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT) is used to treat liver cancer by inserting a laser applicator into the tumor and applying radiation to heat and destroy it. A mathematical model for the simulation of LITT is compared to experimental results with ex-vivo pig livers.