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Title: Models and measurements of light intensity changes during laser interstitial thermal therapy
Subtitle: implications for optical monitoring of the coagulation boundary location
Source: Physics in Medicine and Biology
Date: 2003
Author: Chin, L. C. L.; Whelan, William M.; Vitkin, I. A.
Genre: Journal Article
Abstract: We have developed a multi-region spherical Monte Carlo (MC) model to simulate the dynamic changes in light intensity measured during laser...
Volume: 48
Issue: 4
Start Page: 543

Title: Information content of point radiance measurements in turbid media
Subtitle: implications for interstitial optical property quantification
Source: Applied Optics
Date: 2006
Author: Chin, L. C. L.; Whelan, William M.; Vitkin, I. A.
Genre: Journal Article
Abstract: Motivated by a recent report by Dickey et al. [Phys. Med. Biol. 46, 2359 (2001)], who demonstrated optical property retrieval by using relative...
Volume: 45
Issue: 9
Start Page: 2101
DOI: 10.1364/ao.45.002101

Title: Laser photothermoacoustic heterodyned lock-in depth profilometry in turbid tissue phantoms
Source: Physical Review E
Date: 2005
Author: Fan, Y.; Mandelis, A.; Spirou, G.; Vitkin, I. A.; Whelan, William M.
Genre: Journal Article
Abstract: Frequency-domain correlation and spectral analysis photothermoacoustic (FD-PTA) imaging is a promising new technique, which is being developed to...
Volume: 72
Issue: 5
Start Page: 051908
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.051908
Publication Status: NO_OBJ

Title: A calibration technique for frequency domain photothermoacoustics
Source: European Physical Journal-Special Topics
Date: 2008
Author: Spirou, G. M.; Mandelis, A.; Vitkin, I. A.; Whelan, William M.
Genre: Journal Article
Abstract: Photoacoustic (or more precisely, photothermoacoustic) signals are generated by the absorption of photons, expressed as acoustic waves, and can be...
Volume: 153
Start Page: 491
DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00492-6

Title: Optical and acoustic properties at 1064 nm of polyvinyl chloride-plastisol for use as a tissue phantom in biomedical optoacoustics
Source: Physics in Medicine and Biology
Date: 2005
Author: Spirou, G. M.; Oraevsky, A. A.; Vitkin, I. A.; Whelan, William M.
Genre: Journal Article
Abstract: A novel optoacoustic phantom made of polyvinyl chloride-plastisol (PVCP) for optoacoustic studies is described. The optical and acoustic properties...
Volume: 50
Issue: 14
Start Page: N141
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/14/N01

Title: Radiance-based monitoring of the extent of tissue coagulation during laser interstitial thermal therapy
Source: Optics Letters
Date: 2004
Author: Chin, L. C. L.; Wilson, B. C.; Whelan, William M.; Vitkin, I. A.
Genre: Journal Article
Abstract: Optical monitoring relates the dynamic changes in measured light intensity to the extent of treatment-induced coagulation that occurs during laser...
Volume: 29
Issue: 9
Start Page: 959
DOI: 10.1364/ol.29.000959

Title: Changes in relative light fluence measured during laser heating
Subtitle: implications for optical monitoring and modelling of interstitial laser photocoagulation
Source: Physics in Medicine and Biology
Date: 2001
Author: Chin, L. C. L.; Whelan, William M.; Sherar, M. D.; Vitkin, I. A.
Genre: Journal Article
Abstract: Dynamic changes in internal light fluence were measured during interstitial laser heating of tissue phantoms and ex vivo bovine liver. In albumen...
Volume: 46
Issue: 9
Start Page: 2407
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/9/310

Title: A novel strategy for monitoring laser thermal therapy based on changes in optothermal properties of heated tissues
Source: International Journal of Thermophysics
Date: 2005
Author: Whelan, William M.; Davidson, S. R. H.; Chin, L. C. L.; Vitkin, I. A.
Genre: Journal Article
Abstract: Laser thermal therapy uses near-infrared optical energy to heat and thereby treat diseased tissues such as solid tumors. A method to monitor the...
Volume: 26
Issue: 1
Start Page: 233
DOI: 10.1007/s10765-005-2372-0

Title: Laser thermal therapy
Subtitle: utility of interstitial fluence monitoring for locating optical sensors
Source: Physics in Medicine and Biology
Date: 2001
Author: Whelan, William M.; Chun, P.; Chin, L. C. L.; Sherar, M. D.; Vitkin, I. A.
Genre: Journal Article
Abstract: Multipoint optical fluence measurements can potentially be used to detect coagulation-induced changes in optical propagation during interstitial...
Volume: 46
Issue: 4
Start Page: N91
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/34/6/308

Title: Characterization of measurement artefacts in fluoroptic temperature sensors
Subtitle: implications for laser thermal therapy at 810 nm
Source: Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
Date: 2005
Author: Davidson, S. R. H.; Vitkin, I. A.; Sherar, M. D.; Whelan, William M.
Genre: Journal Article
Abstract: Background and Objectives: Fluoroptic sensors are used to measure interstitial temperatures but their utility for monitoring laser interstitial...
Volume: 36
Issue: 4
Start Page: 297
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20155

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