Infrared thermography analysis of thermal diffusion induced by RF magnetic field on agar phantoms loaded with magnetic nanoparticles

Jose Bante-Guerra; J. D. Macías; L. Caballero-Aguilar; C. Vales-Pinzón; J. J. Alvarado-Gil

doi:10.1117/12.2006235

26 February 2013 Infrared thermography analysis of thermal diffusion induced by RF magnetic field on agar phantoms loaded with magnetic nanoparticles

Jose Bante-Guerra, J. D. Macías, L. Caballero-Aguilar, C. Vales-Pinzón, J. J. Alvarado-Gil

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Proceedings Volume 8584, Energy-based Treatment of Tissue and Assessment VII; 858412 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2006235
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2013, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Recently, several treatments for fighting malignant tumors have been designed. However these procedures have well known inconveniences, depending on their applicability, tumor size and side effects, among others. Magnetic hyperthermia is a safe, non-invasive method for cancer therapy. This treatment is applied via elevation of target tissue temperature by dissipation of heat from Magnetic Nanoparticles (MNPs), previously located within the tumor. The induction of heat causes cell death and therefore the removal of the tumor. In this work the thermal diffusion in phantoms of agar loaded with magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) is studied using the infrared thermography technique, which is widely used in biology/medicine (e.g. skin temperature mapping). Agar is one of the materials used to simulate different types of body tissues, these samples are known as “phantoms”. Agar is of natural origin, low cost and high degree of biocompatibility. In this work the agar gel was embedded with MNPs by coprecipitation and placed in an alternating magnetic field radiation. As a consequence, the energy from the radiation source is dissipated as heat and then transferred from the MNP to the gel, increasing its temperature. For the temperature analysis, the samples of agar gel were stimulated by RF magnetic field generated by coils. Heating was measured with infrared thermography using a Thermovision A20M infrared camera. Thermographic images allowed obtaining the dependence of thermal diffusion in the phantom as a function of the magnitude of the applied RF magnetic field and the load of magnetic particles.

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Jose Bante-Guerra, J. D. Macías, L. Caballero-Aguilar, C. Vales-Pinzón, and J. J. Alvarado-Gil "Infrared thermography analysis of thermal diffusion induced by RF magnetic field on agar phantoms loaded with magnetic nanoparticles", Proc. SPIE 8584, Energy-based Treatment of Tissue and Assessment VII, 858412 (26 February 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2006235

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