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Influence of tissue thermophysical characteristics and situ-cooling on the detection of breast cancer

This article presents a numerical simulation model using COMSOL software to study breast thermophysical properties. It analyzes tumor heat at different locations within the breast, records breast surface temperatures, investigates the effects of factors such as blood perfusion, size, depth, and the...

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Main Authors: Al Husaini, Mohammed Abdulla Salim, Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi, Suliman, F. M., Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Elsheikh, Elfatih A. A., Muhaisen, Naser A.
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TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices
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spelling my.iium.irep.1058512023-08-29T03:52:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/105851/ Influence of tissue thermophysical characteristics and situ-cooling on the detection of breast cancer Al Husaini, Mohammed Abdulla Salim Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi Suliman, F. M. Islam, Md. Rafiqul Elsheikh, Elfatih A. A. Muhaisen, Naser A. TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices This article presents a numerical simulation model using COMSOL software to study breast thermophysical properties. It analyzes tumor heat at different locations within the breast, records breast surface temperatures, investigates the effects of factors such as blood perfusion, size, depth, and thermal conductivity on breast size, and applies Pennes’ bioheat formula to illustrate thermal distribution on the breast skin surface. An analysis was conducted to examine how changes in tumor location depth, size, metabolism, blood flow, and heat conductivity affect breast skin surface temperature. The simulation model results showed that the highest variations in skin temperatures for breasts with tumors and without tumors can range from 2.58 °C to 0.274 °C. Further, large breast size with a large surface area consistently reduces the temperature variations on the skin and might have difficulty in yielding observable temperature contrast. For small breast sizes, however, heat from tumor sizes below 0.5 cm might be quite difficult to detect, while tumors located deep within the breast layers could not produce observable temperature variations. Motivated by the above interesting results, an emulation experiment was conducted to enhance the observable heat and temperature background contrast, using situ-cooling gel applied to silicon breasts, while the tumor source was emulated using LEDs. The experiment was used to evaluate the effectiveness of adding situ-cooling to the breast surface area, and to study the modulated effect of tumor size and depth. Experimental results showed that situ-cooling enhances thermal contrast in breast thermal images. For example, for a tumor location at a depth of 10 cm, a difference of 6 °C can still be achieved with situ-cooling gel applied, a feat that was not possible in the simulation model. Furthermore, changes in tumor size and location depth significantly impacted surface temperature distribution. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 2023-07-28 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/105851/1/105851_Influence%20of%20tissue.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/105851/7/105851_Influence%20of%20tissue_SCOPUS.pdf Al Husaini, Mohammed Abdulla Salim and Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi and Suliman, F. M. and Islam, Md. Rafiqul and Elsheikh, Elfatih A. A. and Muhaisen, Naser A. (2023) Influence of tissue thermophysical characteristics and situ-cooling on the detection of breast cancer. Applied Sciences, 13 (15). pp. 1-36. E-ISSN 2076-3417 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/15/8752 10.3390/app13158752
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English
topic TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices
spellingShingle TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices
Al Husaini, Mohammed Abdulla Salim
Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi
Suliman, F. M.
Islam, Md. Rafiqul
Elsheikh, Elfatih A. A.
Muhaisen, Naser A.
Influence of tissue thermophysical characteristics and situ-cooling on the detection of breast cancer
description This article presents a numerical simulation model using COMSOL software to study breast thermophysical properties. It analyzes tumor heat at different locations within the breast, records breast surface temperatures, investigates the effects of factors such as blood perfusion, size, depth, and thermal conductivity on breast size, and applies Pennes’ bioheat formula to illustrate thermal distribution on the breast skin surface. An analysis was conducted to examine how changes in tumor location depth, size, metabolism, blood flow, and heat conductivity affect breast skin surface temperature. The simulation model results showed that the highest variations in skin temperatures for breasts with tumors and without tumors can range from 2.58 °C to 0.274 °C. Further, large breast size with a large surface area consistently reduces the temperature variations on the skin and might have difficulty in yielding observable temperature contrast. For small breast sizes, however, heat from tumor sizes below 0.5 cm might be quite difficult to detect, while tumors located deep within the breast layers could not produce observable temperature variations. Motivated by the above interesting results, an emulation experiment was conducted to enhance the observable heat and temperature background contrast, using situ-cooling gel applied to silicon breasts, while the tumor source was emulated using LEDs. The experiment was used to evaluate the effectiveness of adding situ-cooling to the breast surface area, and to study the modulated effect of tumor size and depth. Experimental results showed that situ-cooling enhances thermal contrast in breast thermal images. For example, for a tumor location at a depth of 10 cm, a difference of 6 °C can still be achieved with situ-cooling gel applied, a feat that was not possible in the simulation model. Furthermore, changes in tumor size and location depth significantly impacted surface temperature distribution.
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author Al Husaini, Mohammed Abdulla Salim
Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi
Suliman, F. M.
Islam, Md. Rafiqul
Elsheikh, Elfatih A. A.
Muhaisen, Naser A.
author_facet Al Husaini, Mohammed Abdulla Salim
Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi
Suliman, F. M.
Islam, Md. Rafiqul
Elsheikh, Elfatih A. A.
Muhaisen, Naser A.
author_sort Al Husaini, Mohammed Abdulla Salim
title Influence of tissue thermophysical characteristics and situ-cooling on the detection of breast cancer
title_short Influence of tissue thermophysical characteristics and situ-cooling on the detection of breast cancer
title_full Influence of tissue thermophysical characteristics and situ-cooling on the detection of breast cancer
title_fullStr Influence of tissue thermophysical characteristics and situ-cooling on the detection of breast cancer
title_full_unstemmed Influence of tissue thermophysical characteristics and situ-cooling on the detection of breast cancer
title_sort influence of tissue thermophysical characteristics and situ-cooling on the detection of breast cancer
publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
publishDate 2023
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/105851/1/105851_Influence%20of%20tissue.pdf
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