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Thermal and optical properties of living tissue: Application to laser‐induced hyperthermia
Author(s) -
Svaasand Lars O.,
Boerslid Tone,
Oeveraasen Marit
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
lasers in surgery and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1096-9101
pISSN - 0196-8092
DOI - 10.1002/lsm.1900050607
Subject(s) - hyperthermia , irradiation , laser , strain (injury) , adenocarcinoma , biomedical engineering , pathology , medicine , materials science , optics , anatomy , cancer , physics , nuclear physics
This report discusses the thermal distribution in living tissue during hyperthermic treatment with visible or infrared electromagnetic irradiation. The underlying physical mechanisms that determine the transient as well as the steady‐state temperature distribution are discussed. Results from the treatment of a murine tumor model, C3H/Tif mammary adenocarcinoma in C3D2F1/Bom mouse strain, are reported. Total cure, defined by a nonrecurrent tumor, was obtained in 30% of the cases.