Monitoring of interstitial laser thermotherapy with heat-sensitive colour subtraction magnetic resonance imaging: Calibration with absolute tissue temperature and correlation with predicted lesion size

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 250-256

  Gould, S W T ^a   Vaughan, Naomi V ^a,b   Gedroyc, W ^a   Lamb, G ^a   Goldin, R ^a   Darzi, A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser; Magnetic resonance; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LASER SURGERY; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION; SWINE; THERMAL INJURY;

EID: 0033389214     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101030050092     Document Type: Article

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