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Author Spotlight: Computing the Effects of a Local Radiofrequency Hyperthermia Intervention on Tumor Biomechanics
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A computational study of the relation between the power density in the tumor and the maximum temperature in the scalp
Abstract:
In this work we investigated the relation between the power density in the tumor and the maximum temperature reached in the scalp during TTFields treatment for glioblastoma. We used a realistic head model to perform the simulations in COMSOL Multiphysics and we solved Pennes' equation to obtain the temperature distribution. Our results indicate that there might be a linear relation between these two quantities and that TTFields are safe from a thermal point of view.
