Resonant-type of Electrode to Estimate Lung Cancer Position for Assisting VATS

Abstract

Malignant neoplasms (Cancers) are accounts for 30% of the total deaths in Japan. And the number of the death due to the lung cancer is the most both men and women. It is being removed by video assisted thoracic surgery now. However, the position of the lung cancer is estimated visually in the surgery, so the surgery needs a lot of time and the advance techniques. In this paper, the resonant-types of electrodes have been proposed in order to improve the accuracy of the lung cancer estimation; decrease the surgery burden; shorten the surgery time. The possibility of the lung cancer estimation was confirmed by using our proposed methods. As the further works, we will miniaturize the structure and improve the estimation sensibility.