Optimization and identification in regional hyperthermia

Issue title: OIPE 2008

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Weiser, Martin^{a; *}

Affiliations: [a] Zuse Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Zuse Institute Berlin, Takustr. 7, D-14195 Berlin, Germany. Tel.: +49 30 84185 170; Fax: +49 30 84185 107; E-mail: weiser@zib.de

Abstract: Regional hyperthermia is a cancer therapy aiming at heating tumors using phased array applicators. This article provides an overview over current mathematical challenges of delivering individually optimal treatments. The focus is on therapy planning and identification of technical as well as physiological quantities from magnetic resonance (MR) thermometry measurements.

Keywords: Hyperthermia treatment planning, identification, MR thermometry, interior point methods

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-2009-1027

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 30, no. 3-4, pp. 265-275, 2009