The use of quantitative temperature images to predict the optimal power for focused ultrasound surgery: In vivo verification in rabbit muscle and brain

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 356-365

  McDannold, Nathan ^a,b   King, Randy L ^a   Jolesz, Ferenc A ^a   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focused ultrasound; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); MRI thermometry; Thermal therapy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; INFRARED IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE; SONICATION; SURGERY; ULTRASONICS;

EXPOSURE PARAMETERS; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND SURGERY; INDUCED TEMPERATURE; MRI THERMOMETRY; TEMPERATURE RISE; THERMAL THERAPIES; TREATMENT PLANNING;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND SURGERY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RABBIT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0036128870     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1449495     Document Type: Article

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