Minimal-invasive thermal imaging of a malignant tumor: a simple model and algorithm

Iddo M Gescheit1, Abraham Dayan, Moshe Ben-David

  • 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel.

Medical Physics
|February 24, 2010
PubMed
Summary

This study introduces a novel infrared imaging technique using superparamagnetic nanoparticles for precise tumor detection and targeted hyperthermia cancer therapy. The developed algorithm accurately determines nanoparticle depth and temperature from surface thermal data.

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