Development of non-invasive flexible directional microwave ablation for central lung cancer : a simulation study

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Transbronchial microwave ablation (MWA) with flexible antennas has gradually become an attractive alternative to percutaneous MWA for lung cancer due to its characteristic of non-invasiveness. However, flexible antennas for the precision ablation of lung tumors that are adjacent to critical bronchial structures are still not available. In this study, a non-invasive flexible directional (FD) antenna for early stage central lung tumors surrounding the bronchia was proposed. A comprehensive numerical MWA model with the FD antenna was developed in a real human-sized left lung model. The structure of the antenna and the treatment protocol were optimized by a generic algorithm for the precision ablation of two cases of early stage central lung cancer (i.e. spherical-like and ellipsoidal tumors). The electromagnetic efficiency of the optimized antenna was also improved by implementing an optimizedπ-matching network for impedance matching. The results indicate that the electromagnetic energy of MWA can be restricted to a particular area for precision ablation of specific lung tumors using the FD antenna. This study contributes to the field of lung cancer management with MWA.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:69

Enthalten in:

Physics in medicine and biology - 69(2024), 9 vom: 22. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fang, Zheng [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Xiaowu [VerfasserIn]
Moser, Michael A J [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wenjun [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Bing [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Flexible directional antenna
Journal Article
Lung cancer
Microwave ablation
Non-invasive ablation
Numerical modeling
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 23.04.2024

Date Revised 24.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1088/1361-6560/ad3795

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370169263