Microwave thermal ablation. Effects of tissue properties variations on predictive models for treatment planning
Microwave thermal ablation (MTA) therapy for cancer treatments relies on the absorption of electromag- netic energy at microwave frequencies to induce a very high and localized temperature increase, which causes an irreversible thermal damage in the target zone. Treatment planning in MTA is based on exper- imental observations of ablation zones in ex vivo tissue, while predicting the treatment outcomes could be greatly improved by reliable numerical models.