Distributed 2D temperature sensing during nanoparticles assisted laser ablation by means of high-scattering fiber sensors

Sci Rep. 2020 Jul 28;10(1):12593. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69384-2.

Abstract

The high demand in effective and minimally invasive cancer treatments, namely thermal ablation, leads to the demand for real-time multi-dimensional thermometry to evaluate the treatment effectiveness, which can be also assisted by the use of nanoparticles. We report the results of 20-nm gold and magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles-assisted laser ablation on a porcine liver phantom. The experimental set-up consisting of high-scattering nanoparticle-doped fibers was operated by means of a scattering-level multiplexing arrangement and interrogated via optical backscattered reflectometry, together with a solid-state laser diode operating at 980 nm. The multiplexed 2-dimensional fiber arrangement based on nanoparticle-doped fibers allowed an accurate superficial thermal map detected in real-time.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biosensing Techniques
  • Gold / chemistry
  • Hot Temperature*
  • Laser Therapy / methods*
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Swine
  • Thermometry / methods
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Gold