2nd edition of the Workshop on Minimally invasive thermal techniques for cancer removal

10:00 – Welcome Talk
            Marcella Trombetta, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (m.trombetta@unicampus.it)
10:10 – Temperature monitoring during thermal treatments: focus on thermocouples, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance
            Emiliano Schena, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (e.schena@unicampus.it)
10:30 – Temperature monitoring during thermal treatments: focus on fiber optic-based sensors
            Stefania Campopiano, Università di Napoli Parthenope (campopiano@parthenope.it)
10:50 – Temperature monitoring during thermal treatments: focus on distributed measurements
             Daniele Tosi, Nazarbayev University (daniele.tosi@nu.edu.kz)
11:10 – Temperature monitoring during thermal treatments: focus on Ultrasound-based techniques
             Haim Azhari, Israel Institute of Technology (haim@bm.technion.il)
11:30 – Coffee Break
11:40 – Heating of biological tissue during thermal ablation
             Francesca De Tommasi, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (f.detommasi@unicampus.it)
12:00 – Temperature map reconstruction during thermal treatments
             Elena De Vita, Università di Napoli Parthenope (elena.devita@uniparthenope.it)
12:20 – Efficient NIR photothermal therapeutic nanocarriers for cancer therapy
             Iris Weitz, ORT Braude College (irisweitz@braude.ac.il)
12:40 – Radiofrequency and microwave ablation in clinical practice: focus on liver focal lesion
             Rosario Francesco Grasso, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (r.grasso@unicampus.it)
13:00 – Thermal ablation techniques in clinical practice: focus on laser ablation of pancreatic cancer
             Francesco Maria Di Matteo, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (f.dimatteo@unicampus.it)
13:20 – Other applications of thermal treatments: focus on cardiac tissue ablation
             Greta Allegretti, Abbott (greta.allegretti@abbott.com)
13:40 – Open Discussion
14:00 – Lunch