Mihaela Pop
M.Sc. candidate
B.Sc. University
of Timisoara, Romania (1991)
Research Interests
My research focus is on developing a nonlinear finite element model to predict
the temperature distribution and thermal damage during radio-frequency (RF)
thermal therapy in renal tissue. One unknown factor influencing the energy
absorbed from the RF electrode was the time –temperature dependence of dielectric
properties of kidney and perirenal fat. Therefore, another part of my research
was focused on developing a system capable of measuring these properties during
heating to high temperatures and deriving mathematical expressions that predict
the changes in dielectric properties due to any thermal history, and can be
further used in the nonlinear theoretical model.
M. Pop, A. Molkovski, L. Chin, M. Kolios, M Jewett, M.D.
Sherar, Changes
in Dielectric Properties at 460 kHz of Kidney and Fat: Importance for Radio-Frequency
Thermal Therapy, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 48(15):
2509-2525, 2003.
L. Chin, M. Pop, W. Whelan, M.D. Sherar, I.A. Vitkin, An
Optical Method Using Fluence or Radiance Measurements to Monitor Thermal Therapy,
Review of Scientific Instruments, 74(1): 393-395, 2003.
Contact
Princess Margaret Hospital, Room 8-324
610 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
CANADA M5G 2M9
Phone: (416) 946-4501 x5767
Fax: (416) 946-2086
e-mail: mpop@uoci.utoronto.ca
Last updated: October 1, 2003