Temperature Monitoring during Radio Frequency Thermal Ablation Treatment on Ex Vivo perfused organ by Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors

In this work, we report on the integration of fiber Bragg gratings sensors in a commercial radio frequency probe for real-time temperature monitoring during thermal ablation of biological tissues. The experiments were conducted on ex-vivo pig liver and bovine kidney tissues and the results confirm that the proposed setup is able to conduct a multi-point real-time temperature monitoring during the RF discharges with a temperature resolution of 0.1 °C and a minimum spatial resolution of 1 mm. During these experiments the blood perfusion was implemented by injecting water at a temperature of 37 °C inside the organ under examination. This solution aimed at simulating the Radio Frequency Thermal Ablation (RFTA) treatments made in clinical practice.

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