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9 July 2001 Characterization of optical and thermal distributions from an intracranial balloon applicator for photodynamic therapy
Steen J. Madsen, Lars Othar Svaasand, Bruce J. Tromberg, Henry Hirschberg
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Proceedings Volume 4257, Laser-Tissue Interaction XII: Photochemical, Photothermal, and Photomechanical; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.434743
Event: BiOS 2001 The International Symposium on Biomedical Optics, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States
Abstract
An indwelling balloon applicator developed for postoperative intracavity brachytherapy was evaluated for photodynamic therapy. Measurements of light distributions in a brain phantom show that the applicator can be used to deliver sufficiently uniform light doses during PDT. The light distribution is uniform to within 5% when the balloon is filled with a scattering medium. Based on simple assumptions, it is shown that the applicator can be used to deliver a threshold optical dose to brain tissue at depths of 1.4 cm in less than 90 minutes. A mathematical model of the thermal distribution around the applicator suggests that tissue temperatures will be below the hyperthermic threshold at the input powers required for treatments to depths of 1.4 cm in the resection cavity. The delivery of threshold light doses to depths exceeding 1.4 cm is likely to result in hyperthermic effects to tissues near the applicator surface.
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Steen J. Madsen, Lars Othar Svaasand, Bruce J. Tromberg, and Henry Hirschberg "Characterization of optical and thermal distributions from an intracranial balloon applicator for photodynamic therapy", Proc. SPIE 4257, Laser-Tissue Interaction XII: Photochemical, Photothermal, and Photomechanical, (9 July 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.434743
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Photodynamic therapy
Tissue optics
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