Dynamic T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of interstitial laser photocoagulation in the liver: Observations on in vivo temperature sensitivity

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 410-419

  Fried, Marvin P ^a,b   Morrison, Paul R ^a   Hushek, Stephen G ^a   Kernahan, Gilberto A ^a   Jolesz, Ferenc A ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

interstitial laser photocoagulation ILTT; magnetic resonance imaging; minimally invasive surgery; Nd:YAG

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLAY SYSTEM; FIBEROSCOPE; IMAGING; LASER COAGULATION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029942580     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1996)18:4<410::AID-LSM11>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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