International Conference Presentations

Recent Presentations at International Conferences

FEA Computations of Temperature Pattern in Interstitial Thermal Therapy of Brain Tumours: the Case of Ulrasound Applicators, Proceedings , IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference/09, 5-7 May 2009, Singapore, pp. 446-450, 2009.

Improving Explosives Detection Using Fiber-optic Sensing Technology , Proceedings , IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference/09, 5-7 May 2009, Singapore, pp. 346-9, 2009 (with J.-J. Ma, W. J. Bock, X.-Z. Li, N. Huy, Z.-Y. Wang).

Heat Transfer in Interstitial Ultrasound Heating of Brain Tumors, Including the Effect of Bifurcated Blood Vessels, Proceedings , International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer , 11-16 May 2008, Marrakech, Morocco, 270 (25pp), 2008.
Measurement of Acoustic Output of Ultrasound Instrumentation for Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Proceedings , 24 ^th IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1-3 May 2007, Warsaw, Poland, 41 (5pp), 2007.
Measurements of Safe Thermal Therapy Levels: The Case of Ultrasonic Waveguide Interstitial Applicator Array, Proceedings, 28^th Ann. Int. Conf. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 30 Aug. - 3 Sep. 2006, New York, NY, 5025-8, 2006.
Effects of External Temperature on Therapeutic Heating with Interstitial Instrumentation, Proceedings, 22^nd IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 17-19 May 2005, Ottawa, Canada, 384-8, 2005.

Control of Heating Pattern from Interstitial Instrumentation, Proceedings, 21^th IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 18-20 May 2004, Como, Italy, 1563-8, 2004.

Thermal dose control by configuration of ultrasonic interstitial applicator array, 9^th Int. Congr. Hyperthermic Oncol., St. Louis, MO, April 20-24, 2004, pp. 104-5.

Power Requirements for Ultrasound Interstitial Heating of Brain Gliomas, Proceedings, COMP/CCPM 49^th Ann. Sci. Mtg., June 5-7, Edmonton, AB, 214-216, 2003. (with J. O. Martinez).

Integrated Temperature Sensor for Determination of Heating Effects with Ultrasound Interstitial Applicators, Proceedings , 20^th IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 20-22 May 2003, Vail, CO, 792-796, (with Sara St. James).

Temperature Distribution in Interstitial Ultrasound Heating from FEA Calculations, 2002 AAPM 44 ^th Ann. Mtg., Montreal, QC, July 14 - 18, 2002 (Abstract in Med. Phys., vol. 29, 1235, 2002) (with J. O. Martinez)

FEA simulations in design of interstitial ultrasonic waveguide applicators array for tissue heating, Proceedings , 2002 NSF Design, Serv. and Manuf. Grant. & Research Conf., January 7 - 10, 2002, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 3136-3149 (with Sara St. James).