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Pre-treatment dosimetry for interstitial photodynamic therapy

Johansson, Ann LU ; Hjelm, J ; Eriksson, A and Andersson-Engels, Stefan LU (2005) Therapeutic Laser Applications and Laser-Tissue Interactions II 5863(1). p.1-58630
Abstract
A genetic algorithm for optimal placement of optical fibers in arbitrary geometries for interstitial photodynamic therapy has been developed. Based on calculated fiber positions, the diffuse light distribution is simulated by solving the diffusion equation by means of the finite element method and the treatment time is calculated. Utilizing an instrument for interstitial photodynamic therapy that is capable of both delivering the therapeutic irradiation and measuring parameters of relevance to treatment monitoring, knowledge has been gained on temporal variations of tissue light absorption, sensitizer photobleaching and tissue oxygenation status. We speculate on how variations in these three parameters can be implemented in a crude... (More)
A genetic algorithm for optimal placement of optical fibers in arbitrary geometries for interstitial photodynamic therapy has been developed. Based on calculated fiber positions, the diffuse light distribution is simulated by solving the diffusion equation by means of the finite element method and the treatment time is calculated. Utilizing an instrument for interstitial photodynamic therapy that is capable of both delivering the therapeutic irradiation and measuring parameters of relevance to treatment monitoring, knowledge has been gained on temporal variations of tissue light absorption, sensitizer photobleaching and tissue oxygenation status. We speculate on how variations in these three parameters can be implemented in a crude pre-treatment dosimetry model for photodynamic therapy (Less)
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tissue oxygenation, sensitizer photobleaching, tissue light absorption, finite element method, genetic algorithm, dosimetry, interstitial photodynamic therapy
host publication
Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
volume
5863
issue
1
pages
1 - 58630
publisher
SPIE
conference name
Therapeutic Laser Applications and Laser-Tissue Interactions II
conference location
Munich, Germany
conference dates
0001-01-02
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  • scopus:85088184415
ISSN
0277-786X
1996-756X
DOI
10.1117/12.633089
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English
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  author       = {{Johansson, Ann and Hjelm, J and Eriksson, A and Andersson-Engels, Stefan}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering}},
  issn         = {{0277-786X}},
  keywords     = {{tissue oxygenation; sensitizer photobleaching; tissue light absorption; finite element method; genetic algorithm; dosimetry; interstitial photodynamic therapy}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{1--58630}},
  publisher    = {{SPIE}},
  title        = {{Pre-treatment dosimetry for interstitial photodynamic therapy}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.633089}},
  doi          = {{10.1117/12.633089}},
  volume       = {{5863}},
  year         = {{2005}},
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