Closed-loop feedback control of laser therapy using magnetic resonance imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4247, Issue , 2001, Pages 158-165

  McNichols, R J ^a   Gowda, A ^a   Wright, S M ^a  

^a BIOTEX INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback control; Hyperthermia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thermometry

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; HYDROGEN BONDS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); LASER DAMAGE; LASER SURGERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

LASER INDUCED THERMAL THERAPY (LITT);

PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY;

EID: 0034875588     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.427855     Document Type: Article

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