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ArticleJournal of therapeutic ultrasound2017

Theoretical investigation of transgastric and intraductal approaches for ultrasound-based thermal therapy of the pancreas.

Serena J Scott, Matthew S Adams, Vasant Salgaonkar, F Graham Sommer, Chris J Diederich

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Article in Journal of therapeutic ultrasound, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Serena J ScottDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Thermal Therapy Research Group, University of California, San Francisco, 1600 Divisadero Street, Suite H1031, San Francisco, CA 94143-1708 USA.
Matthew S AdamsDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Thermal Therapy Research Group, University of California, San Francisco, 1600 Divisadero Street, Suite H1031, San Francisco, CA 94143-1708 USA.
Vasant SalgaonkarDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Thermal Therapy Research Group, University of California, San Francisco, 1600 Divisadero Street, Suite H1031, San Francisco, CA 94143-1708 USA.
F Graham SommerDepartment of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA USA.
Chris J DiederichDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Thermal Therapy Research Group, University of California, San Francisco, 1600 Divisadero Street, Suite H1031, San Francisco, CA 94143-1708 USA.
University of California, San Francisco · USStanford Medicine · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe goal of this study was to theoretically investigate the feasibility of intraductal and transgastric approaches to ultrasound-based thermal therapy of pancreatic tumors, and to evaluate possible treatment strategies.

methodsThis study considered ultrasound applicators with 1.2 mm outer diameter tubular transducers, which are inserted into the tissue to be treated by an endoscopic approach, either via insertion through the gastric wall (transgastric) or within the pancreatic duct lumen (intraductal). 8 patient-specific, 3D, transient, biothermal and acoustic finite element models were generated to model hyperthermia (

resultsParametric studies indicated that pancreatic tumors up to 2.5 or 2.7 cm diameter can be ablated within 10 min with the transgastric and intraductal approaches, respectively. Patient-specific simulations demonstrated that 67.1-83.3% of the volumes of four sample 3.3-11.4 cm

conclusionsThis study demonstrated the feasibility of generating shaped or conformal ablative or hyperthermic temperature distributions within pancreatic tumors using transgastric or intraductal ultrasound.

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HyperthermiaPancreasTheoretical modelThermal ablationUltrasound

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PMID28469915
PMCPMC5414307
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