Background MR visualization of RF lesions is an application of growing interest with the potential for translation to clinical ablation procedures. In particular, intrinsic-contrast MRI avoids the dynamic contrast produced in typical Gd-based MRI, and may differentiate the reversible and irreversible thermal injury thought to be caused by RF ablation. This distinction is important for assessing...

Low thermal conductivity and high thermal stability are desirable for the materials due to their characteristic roles in ablation resistance applications (e.g., reentry parts and renewable rocket nozzles) [1]. Ablation is defined as an erosive phenomenon with a removal of material by a combination of thermomechanical, thermochemical and thermophysical factors due to the high temperature, pressu...

Background/introduction Thermal ablation techniques using heat conduction (e.g. radiofrequency ablation) are sensitive to the cooling effect of blood flow, the heat sink effect. Thermal ablation by high intensity ultrasound guided by magnetic resonance imaging (MRgHIFU), is less dependent on heat conduction, and produces sharply delineated ablated volumes. The aim of this study was to ablate ad...

Thermal ablation therapies for benign thyroid nodules have been introduced in recent years to avoid the complications of traditional methods such as surgery. Despite the little complications and the reportedly acceptable efficacy of thermal ablation methods, quite few medical centers have sought the potential benefits of employing them. This paper provides an introduction to the literature, pri...

Silicon carbide mirrors are sought for a variety of aerospace applications. While optical polishing techniques are straight forward for flat and spherical surfaces, material removal rates for this hard, brittle material are too low for affordable processing of conventionally machined, ground, or as-produced surfaces. The problem is more severe for aspheres. This paper reports on the use of pico...

To analyze the photothermal ablation of polymers, we designed a temperature measurement setup based on spectral pyrometry. The setup allows to acquire 2D temperature distributions with 1 μm size and 1 μs time resolution and therefore the determination of the center temperature of a laser heating process. Finite element simulations were used to verify and understand the heat conversion and heat ...

Linear theory of the ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability in anisotropic diffusive materials is presented. This analysis indicates that enhancing diffusion in a plane transverse to the mean longitudinal flow can strongly reduce the growth of the instability. In the context of inertial confinement fusion, it is shown that anisotropic diffusion can be achieved using a laminated ablator made of su...

A 3D Finite Element Method (FEM) model for directional removing of a tumor is presented in this paper. The proposed model shows a new method to control the direction of the temperature diffusion during the thermal ablation. We developed a directional probe with a curved cathode as heating source to remove the malignant cells and protect the surrounding healthy cells. With the use of the COMSOL ...