Hyperthermia : Investigation in Modelling and Array Design with Ultrasound

ISBN-13: 9783639110555 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 140 str.

Fabian Bley

Opis

Cancer is one of the most frequent causes of death inEurope, only exceeded by different forms of cardiacinsufficiency and apoplectic stroke with anincreasing tendency. This is why there is the need tofind alternative or complementary ways to treat thisdisease. A very promising way of treating malignanttumours is hyperthermia. The book gives a detailedoverview about hyperthermia. The introduction intothe history is followed by listing different forms ofhyperthermia. Different ways to generate heat areintroduced subsequently. After a detailedintroduction into ultrasound principles there is aninvestigation in modelling transducer arrays to getdesired ultrasonic fields. A way to simulate arraysis elucidated, this involves the introduction ofUltraSim, a software add-on for Matlab. Thesimulation is verified with an existing device. Thework concludes with an assessment of the findings.The book is meant for clinicians and scientist whohave interest in hyperthermia induced by ultrasoundbut also for interested patients looking for a betterunderstanding of history, effectiveness and thedifferent types of hyperthermia.

O autorze

MSc. Dipl.-Ing., born in Bonn, Germany.
He studied Biomedical Engineering at Aachen University of Applied
Sciences, Germany, and Informatics & Control Engineering at
Coventry University, Great Britain.
He currently works as Head of Quality Assurance for a leading
German medical device company.