In situ terahertz monitoring of an ice ball formation during tissue cryosurgery: a feasibility test
| Autor: | Larisa P. Safonova, Gleb M. Katyba, Arsenii A. Gavdush, Irina N. Dolganova, Arsen K. Zotov, Nikita V. Chernomyrdin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Materials science Terahertz radiation tetrahertz pulsed spectroscopy medicine.medical_treatment Biomedical Engineering 01 natural sciences Signal Cryosurgery 010309 optics Biomaterials ice ball formation 0103 physical sciences Freezing medicine Animals Special Series on Advances in Terahertz Biomedical Science and Applications Image resolution Spectrometer Ice terahertz biophotonics Cryoablation Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials Terahertz spectroscopy and technology Biophotonics Cryotherapy cryoablation Feasibility Studies Cattle Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Biomedical Optics |
| ISSN: | 1560-2281 |
| Popis: | Significance: Uncontrolled cryoablation of tissues is a strong reason limiting the wide application of cryosurgery and cryotherapy due to the certain risks of unpredicted damaging of healthy tissues. The existing guiding techniques are unable to be applied in situ or provide insufficient spatial resolution. Terahertz (THz) pulsed spectroscopy (TPS) based on sensitivity of THz time-domain signal to changes of tissue properties caused by freezing could form the basis of an instrument for observation of the ice ball formation. Aim: The ability of TPS for in situ monitoring of tissue freezing depth is studied experimentally. Approach: A THz pulsed spectrometer operated in reflection mode and equipped with a cooled sample holder and ex vivo samples of bovine visceral adipose tissue is applied. Signal spectrograms are used to analyze the changes of THz time-domain signals caused by the interface between frozen and unfrozen tissue parts. Results: Experimental observation of TPS signals reflected from freezing tissue demonstrates the feasibility of TPS to detect ice ball formation up to 657-μm depth. Conclusions: TPS could become the promising instrument for in situ control of cryoablation, enabling observation of the freezing front propagation, which could find applications in various fields of oncology, regenerative medicine, and THz biophotonics. |
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