MRI monitoring of the thermal ablation of tissue: Effects of long exposure times

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 421-427

  McDannold, Nathan ^a,b   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a   Jolesz, Ferenc ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure time; Focused ultrasound; MRI; Temperature change; Thermal therapy; Thermometry; Tissue swelling

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EDEMA; HEAT TREATMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOMETRY; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RABBITS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETERS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0035112474     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1061     Document Type: Article

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