CT imaging during microwave ablation: Analysis of spatial and temporal tissue contraction
Purpose: To analyze the spatial distribution and temporal development of liver tissue contraction during high-temperature ablation by using intraprocedural computed tomography (CT) imaging. Methods: A total of 46 aluminum fiducial markers were positioned in a 60 × 45 mm grid, in a single plane, around a microwave ablation antenna in each of six ex vivo bovine liver samples. Ablations were performed for 10 min at 100 W. CT data of the liver sample were acquired every 30 s during ablation. Fiducial motion between acquisitions was tracked in postprocessing and used to calculate measures of tissue contraction and contraction rates. The spatial distribution and temporal evolution of contraction were analyzed. Results: Fiducial displacement indicated that the zone measured postablation was 8.2 ± 1.8 mm (∼20%) smaller in the radial direction and 7.1 ± 1.0 mm (∼10%) shorter in the longitudinal direction than the preablation tissue dimension. Therefore, the total ablation volume was reduced from its preablation value by approximately 45%. Very little longitudinal contraction was noted in the distal portion of the ablation zone. Central tissues contracted more than 60%, which was near an estimated limit of ∼70% based on initial water content. More peripheral tissues contracted only 15% in any direction. Contraction rates peaked during the first 60 s of heating with a roughly exponential decay over time. Conclusions: Ablation zones measured posttreatment are significantly smaller than the pretreatment tissue dimensions. Tissue contraction is spatially dependent, with the greatest effect occurring in the central ablation zone. Contraction rate peaks early and decays over time.
- OSTI ID:
- 22318088
- Journal Information:
- Medical Physics, Vol. 41, Issue 11; Other Information: (c) 2014 American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-2405
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ABLATION
ALUMINIUM
ANIMAL TISSUES
ANTENNAS
APPROXIMATIONS
CATTLE
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
CONTRACTION
CONTRACTS
COST
DATA
DECAY
ECONOMICS
EVOLUTION
GRIDS
HEATING
HUMIDITY
LIVER
MICROWAVE RADIATION
PARTICLE TRACKS
PEAKS
PLANT TISSUES
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SULFUR 30
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K
ZONES