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| Lee C L ChinSummaryAffiliation: University of Toronto Country: Canada Publications
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Radiance-based monitoring of the extent of tissue coagulation during laser interstitial thermal therapyLee C Chin
Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto M5G 2M9, Canada
Opt Lett 29:959-61. 2004..We performed experiments with albumen phantoms to demonstrate the practicality of the radiance method for monitoring interstitial laser thermal therapy...
Changes in the dielectric properties of rat prostate ex vivo at 915 MHz during heatingL Chin
Ontario Cancer Institute Princess Margaret Hospital Medical Physics Division, University of Toronto, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2M9, Canada
Int J Hyperthermia 20:517-27. 2004..These properties and their temperature coefficients can be utilized in microwave treatment planning programmes to provide insight into the effects of dielectric changes that arise during microwave thermal therapy of prostate cancer...
Information content of point radiance measurements in turbid media: implications for interstitial optical property quantificationLee C L Chin
Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto M5G 2M9, Canada
Appl Opt 45:2101-14. 2006..It is expected that point radiance measurements will prove valuable for both on-line treatment planning of minimally invasive laser therapies and optical characterization of tissues...
Perturbative diffusion theory formalism for interpreting temporal light intensity changes during laser interstitial thermal therapyLee C L Chin
Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto M5G 2M9, Canada
Phys Med Biol 52:1659-74. 2007..This work provides an improved understanding of interstitial optical signal changes during LITT and indicates the sensitivity and potential of interstitial optical monitoring of thermal damage...
Determination of the optical properties of turbid media using relative interstitial radiance measurements: Monte Carlo study, experimental validation, and sensitivity analysisLee C L Chin
University of Toronto and Ontario Cancer Institute, Department of Medical Biophysics, 610 University Avenue 13 206, Toronto M5G 2M9, Canada
J Biomed Opt 12:064027. 2007..However, with knowledge of the effective attenuation coefficient of the medium, optical properties can be retrieved experimentally to within approximately 10% for an albedo greater or equal to 0.5...
Models and measurements of light intensity changes during laser interstitial thermal therapy: implications for optical monitoring of the coagulation boundary locationLee C L Chin
Medical Physics Division, Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2M9
Phys Med Biol 48:543-59. 2003..The developed MC model helps lend insight into the nature of thermal coagulation events occurring for low and high power LITT irradiation schemes...
