Exact solutions to the cancer laser ablation modeling

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contents The present paper deals with the study of the fluence rate over both healthy and tumor tissues in the presence of focal laser ablation (FLA). We propose new analytical solutions for the coupled partial differential equations (PDE) system, which includes the transport equation modeling the light penetration into biological tissue, the bioheat equation modeling the heat transfer and its respective damage. The present building could be the first step to the knowledge of the mathematical framework for biothermophysical problems, as well as the main key to simplify the numerical calculation due to its no cost. We derive exact solutions and simulate results from them. We discuss the potential physical contributions and present respective conclusions about (1) the validness of the diffusion approximation of the radiative transfer equation; (2) the local behavior of the source of scattered photons; (3) the unsteady-state of the fluence rate; and (4) the boundedness of the critical time of the thermal damage to the cancerous tissue. We also discuss some controversial and diverging hypotheses.
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spellingShingle Exact solutions to the cancer laser ablation modeling
Consiglieri, Luisa
Analysis of PDEs
Medical Physics
Optics
78-10, 80-10, 34A05, 78A60, 92C05, 92C50
The present paper deals with the study of the fluence rate over both healthy and tumor tissues in the presence of focal laser ablation (FLA). We propose new analytical solutions for the coupled partial differential equations (PDE) system, which includes the transport equation modeling the light penetration into biological tissue, the bioheat equation modeling the heat transfer and its respective damage. The present building could be the first step to the knowledge of the mathematical framework for biothermophysical problems, as well as the main key to simplify the numerical calculation due to its no cost. We derive exact solutions and simulate results from them. We discuss the potential physical contributions and present respective conclusions about (1) the validness of the diffusion approximation of the radiative transfer equation; (2) the local behavior of the source of scattered photons; (3) the unsteady-state of the fluence rate; and (4) the boundedness of the critical time of the thermal damage to the cancerous tissue. We also discuss some controversial and diverging hypotheses.
title Exact solutions to the cancer laser ablation modeling
topic Analysis of PDEs
Medical Physics
Optics
78-10, 80-10, 34A05, 78A60, 92C05, 92C50
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.07226