Fiber-optic combined FPI/FBG sensors for monitoring of radiofrequency thermal ablation of liver tumors: ex vivo experiments

Appl Opt. 2014 Apr 1;53(10):2136-44. doi: 10.1364/AO.53.002136.

Abstract

We present a biocompatible, all-glass, 0.2 mm diameter, fiber-optic probe that combines an extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometry and a proximal fiber Bragg grating sensor; the probe enables dual pressure and temperature measurement on an active 4 mm length, with 40 Pa and 0.2°C nominal accuracy. The sensing system has been applied to monitor online the radiofrequency thermal ablation of tumors in liver tissue. Preliminary experiments have been performed in a reference chamber with uniform heating; further experiments have been carried out on ex vivo porcine liver, which allowed the measurement of a steep temperature gradient and monitoring of the local pressure increase during the ablation procedure.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Catheter Ablation / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Fiber Optic Technology / instrumentation*
  • Hepatectomy / instrumentation*
  • Hyperthermia, Induced / instrumentation
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Interferometry / instrumentation
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Manometry / instrumentation*
  • Monitoring, Intraoperative / instrumentation
  • Swine
  • Systems Integration
  • Thermography / instrumentation*
  • Transducers*