@inproceedings{8871596516b64e5282d1b4c85e3da31b,
title = "Monitoring radiofrequency ablation of biological tissue using broadband time-resolved diffuse optical spectroscopy",
abstract = "Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is minimally invasive thermotherapy, where a heating source is used to target and kill malignant cells in a tissue. While RFA has tremendous potential in the field of oncology, there is also a need for reliable real-time monitoring of this procedure to avoid over or under treatment. In this work, we investigate the use of timeresolved diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS) to continuously track the change in optical properties during RFA to monitor the process of ablation. The time evolution of the spectra of the optical properties of the tissue undergoing treatment gives deep insights into the structural and constitutional changes occurring during the RFA treatment.",
keywords = "Diffuse optical spectroscopy, absorption, light scattering, liver, monitoring, non-invasive, radio frequency ablation",
author = "Pranav Lanka and Francis, {K. J.} and Hindrik Kruit and {Venkata Sekar}, {Sanathana Konugolu} and A. Farina and Rinaldo Cubeddu and Srirang Manohar and Antonio Pifferi",
year = "2019",
month = jul,
day = "20",
doi = "10.1117/12.2526964",
language = "English",
volume = "11074",
series = "Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Hamid Dehghani and Heidrun Wabnitz",
booktitle = "Proceedings Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging VII",
address = "United States",
note = "European Conferences on Biomedical Optics 2019 ; Conference date: 23-06-2019 Through 27-06-2019",
}