Enhancing Tumor Treating Fields Therapy with Skull-Remodeling Surgery. The Role of Finite Element Methods in Surgery Planning

Skull-remodeling surgery has been proposed to enhance the dose of tumor treating fields in glioblastoma treatment. This abstract describes the finite element methods used to plan the surgery and evaluate the treatment efficacy.

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Published inConference proceedings (IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conf.) Vol. 2019; pp. 6995 - 6997
Main Authors Korshoej, Anders R., Mikic, Nikola, Hansen, Frederik Lundgaard, Saturnino, Guilherme B., Thielscher, Axel, Bomzon, Ze'ev
Format Conference Proceeding Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States IEEE 01.07.2019
Subjects
Computational modeling
Conductivity
Electrodes
Surgery
Transducers
Tumors
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ISSN1557-170X
1558-4615
DOI10.1109/EMBC.2019.8856556

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Summary:Skull-remodeling surgery has been proposed to enhance the dose of tumor treating fields in glioblastoma treatment. This abstract describes the finite element methods used to plan the surgery and evaluate the treatment efficacy.
ISSN:1557-170X
1558-4615
DOI:10.1109/EMBC.2019.8856556