Temperature profile of ex-vivo organs during radio frequency thermal ablation by fiber Bragg gratings

J Biomed Opt. 2016 Nov 1;21(11):117003. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.21.11.117003.

Abstract

We report on the integration of fiber optic sensors with commercial medical instrumentation for temperature monitoring during radio frequency ablation for tumor treatment. A suitable configuration with five fiber Bragg grating sensors bonded to a bipolar radio frequency (RF) probe has been developed to monitor the area under treatment. A series of experiments were conducted on <italic<ex-vivo</italic< animal kidney and liver and the results confirm that we were able to make a multipoint measurement and to develop a real-time temperature profile of the area, with a temperature resolution of 0.1°C and a spatial resolution of 5 mm during a series of different and consecutive RF discharges.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Body Temperature
  • Catheter Ablation / methods*
  • Catheter Ablation / standards
  • Equipment Design
  • Fiber Optic Technology / instrumentation*
  • Kidney / physiology*
  • Kidney / radiation effects
  • Kidney / surgery
  • Liver / physiology*
  • Liver / radiation effects
  • Liver / surgery
  • Thermometry* / instrumentation
  • Thermometry* / methods