VISE Fall Seminar: “Microwave tumor ablation: Technical development, future directions”- Thursday, September 11th, SC 5326, 11:50 social, Noon start
Title: “Microwave tumor ablation: Technical development, future directions”
Speaker: Christopher L. Brace, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin
Thermal ablation is a minimally invasive, image-guided technique for treating many cancers, especially of the liver, kidney and bone. The goal of thermal ablation is to heat or cool the cancerous tissue to lethal levels while sparing as much normal tissue as possible. This presentation will briefly outline the need for thermal ablation and describe our efforts to develop clinically relevant microwave ablation technologies. The presentation will discuss technical challenges faced over the years, design solutions and new avenues for research. Clinical cases will be used to illustrate key points throughout. Our work at the intersection of numerical simulations, device hardware, and imaging will also be highlighted.
Date: Thursday, September 11th, 2014
Time: Noon start, 11:50 lunch social
Place: Stevenson Center 5326