Effect of temperature variation of dielectric and thermal properties on tissue damage volumes in microwave ablation

Microwave tumour ablation system design or treatment planning does not consider the effects of temperature variation of dielectric and thermal properties on thermal tissue damage resulting from the ablation procedure. This is due to the lack of reliable data and the need for higher computational power for mathematically modelling the tumour ablation extent. This could potentially lead to unintended healthy tissue damage or incomplete tumour damage. This thesis incorporates temperature varying tissue properties into the advanced computational modelling thus improving the quality of the tumour ablation outcome.