Using cyber-infrastructure for dynamic data driven laser treatment of cancer

C. Bajaj, J. T. Oden, K. R. Diller, J. C. Browne, J. Hazle, I. Babuška, J. Bass, L. Bidaut, L. Demkowicz, A. Elliott, Y. Feng, D. Fuentes, B. Kwon, S. Prudhomme, R. J. Stafford, Y. Zhang

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Abstract

Hyperthermia based cancer treatments are used to increase the susceptibility of cancerous tissue to subsequent radiation or chemotherapy treatments, and in the case in which a tumor exists as a well-defined region, higher intensity heat sources may be used to ablate the tissue. Utilizing the guidance of real-time treatment data while applying a laser heat source has the potential to provide unprecedented control over the outcome of the treatment process [6,12]. The goals of this work are to provide a working snapshot of the current system architecture developed to provide a real-time finite element solution of the problems of calibration, optimal heat source control, and goal-oriented error estimation applied the equations of bioheat transfer and demonstrate that current finite element technology, parallel computer architecture, peer-to-peer data transfer infrastructure, and thermal imaging modalities are capable of inducing a precise computer controlled temperature field within the biological domain.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationComputational Science - ICCS 2007 - 7th International Conference, Proceedings, Part I
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages972-979
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783540725831
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event7th International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2007 - Beijing, China
Duration: May 27 2007May 30 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4487 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other7th International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2007
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period5/27/075/30/07

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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