Thermal therapy for abnormal uterine bleeding

Thomas P. Ryan

doi:10.1117/12.427869

1 June 2001 Thermal therapy for abnormal uterine bleeding

Thomas P. Ryan

Proceedings Volume 4247, Thermal Treatment of Tissue: Energy Delivery and Assessment; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.427869
Event: BiOS 2001 The International Symposium on Biomedical Optics, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) affects many women worldwide. To this end, many are debilitated and are at risk of compromising their health due to the amount of blood loss during their menstrual period. There are several treatments in clinical trials for AUB. One promising therapy is cryotherapy and a comparison will be made with RF and conductive heating. Unlike most devices for thermal therapy that have an upper limit due to steam formation, cryotherapy has no lower limit, except what is achievable at the source. A finite element model was set up to simulate cryotherapy and also RF or conductive heating. The bioheat equation was used to predict temperature distributions in tissue. Treatment safety issues will be explored as the simulations show the depth ofpenetration into the myometrium.

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Thomas P. Ryan "Thermal therapy for abnormal uterine bleeding", Proc. SPIE 4247, Thermal Treatment of Tissue: Energy Delivery and Assessment, (1 June 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.427869

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