photothermal therapy
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Photothermal Therapy. Nicholas Ellens MBP1028 28 September 2010. Outline. Context Photothermal mechanisms and delivery Absorption and power deposition in tissue. Context • Delivery • Absorption and Power Deposition. Hyperthermia has been used for thousands of years - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Photothermal Therapy
Nicholas EllensMBP1028
28 September 2010
Outline
• Context• Photothermal mechanisms and delivery• Absorption and power deposition in tissue
Context • Delivery • Absorption and Power Deposition
• Hyperthermia has been used for thousands of years
• Photothermal therapy emerged shortly after the invention of the laser
• Laser treatments range in orders of magnitude in both treatment time and intensity
Boulnois, J-L, “Photophysical Processes in Recent Medical Laser Developments: a Review” in Lasers in Medical Science, 1986.
Context • Delivery • Absorption and Power Deposition
• Driving limitation in phototherapy is the absorption, is quantified by a, the absorption coefficient (units of cm-1)–Depends on medium and frequency–Penetration depth, a-1, ranges from
fractions of mm (UV) to a few mm (near IR)• As such, therapy is suitable for topical
applications or deeper via fibres delivered an endoscope or percutaneously
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• Further control provided by pulsing the light– If the pulse length is less than the thermal
relaxation time, the treatment can be made more localised
• Feedback usually involves direct observation– Smoke, blanching–Where this is not achieved, other methods
are required
Context • Delivery • Absorption and Power Deposition
Context • Delivery • Absorption and Power Deposition
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• Thermal treatment is a three stage process:1. Conversion of heat to light2. Thermal transfer3. Tissue Response
Context • Delivery • Absorption and Power Deposition
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• Reflection:– An air-tissue (n≈1.41) interface causes substantial
internal reflection, further depositing energy• Scattering:– Scattering length is typically 100-1000 times less than
absorption length– Upon entering tissue, photons are scattered many
times before being absorbed– Effectively, this increases
the light intensity close tothe tissue surface
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Burgholzer, P. “Photoacoustic tomography: Sounding out fluorescent proteins” in Nature Photonics 3, 2009.
• Conversion of light to heat–Absorption:• A + hu A*
–Deactivation:• A* + B(E) A + B’(E+DE)
• Efficacy depends on high probability of collision and high number of accessible vibrational states
• Though sensitive to wavelength, less so than chemical processes
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• Heat diffusion–As per the bioheat transfer equation–Affected by thermal properties of tissue,
timescale, blood perfusion• Thermal effects–Hyperthermia–Coagulation–Vaporisation
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