Coagulative interstitial laser-induced thermotherapy of benign prostatic hyperplasia: Online imaging with a T2-weighted fast spin-echo MR sequence - Experience in six patients

Radiology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 373-379

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lasers, interstitial therapy; Magnetic resonance (MR), guidance; Magnetic resonance (MR), rapid imaging; Prostate, hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0032933694     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.210.2.r99fe49373     Document Type: Article

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