Numerical modelling challenges for clinical electroporation ablation technique of liver tumors
1
INRIA Bordeaux-Sud-Ouest, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, Univ. Bordeaux, IMB, UMR 5251,
33400
Talence, France.
2
Department of Radiology, Hôpital Jean Verdier, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Seine-Saint-Denis, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris,
Avenue du 14 juillet,
93140
Bondy, France.
3
UMR 1162, Génomique Fonctionnelle des Tumeurs solides, INSERM,
Paris, France.
* Corresponding author: [email protected]
Received:
10
February
2019
Accepted:
2
September
2019
Electroporation ablation is a promising non surgical and minimally invasive technique of tumor ablation, for which no monitoring is currently available. In this paper, we present the recent advances and challenges on the numerical modeling of clinical electroporation ablation of liver tumors. In particular, we show that a nonlinear static electrical model of tissue combined with clinical imaging can give crucial information of the electric field distribution in the clinical configuration. We conclude the paper by presenting some important questions that have to be addressed for an effective impact of computational modeling in clinical practice of electroporation ablation.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 35J15 / 35J87 / 92B
Key words: computational tissue electroporation / clinical electroporation ablation / nonlinear electrical tissue model
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