Radiometric infrared microbolometer arrays for surgical ablation 2nd joint conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society and the biomedical engineering society

摘要

Experiments comparing radiometric infrared tissue surface temperature measurement techniques during surgical ablation procedures to contact-probe measurements demonstrated substantial correlation between the measurement modalties. Thermal monitoring during surgical ablation guides therapy and prevents tissue damage in adjacent structures. RF ablation procedures on a canine kidney were monitored concurrently with a radiometric microbolometer array and fiber-optic thermal probe. Comparative analyses at select monitoring points established a substantial correlation between the recorded temperature values.