Predictability of the size of laser-induced lesions in T1-weighted MR images obtained during interstitial laser-induced thermotherapy of benign prostatic hyperplasia

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-39

  Mueller Lisse, Ullrich G ^a   Heuck, Andreas F ^a   Thoma, Martin ^a   Muschter, Rolf ^a   Schneede, Peter ^a   Weninger, Ernst ^a   Faber, Sonja ^a   Hofstetter, Alfons ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Laser and lasers; Laser induced thermotherapy; MRI; Prostate; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 0031886372     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880080111     Document Type: Article

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