MRI-guided interstitial ultrasound thermal therapy of the prostate: A feasibility study in the canine model

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 733-743

  Nau, William H ^a   Diederich, Chris J ^a   Ross, Anthony B ^a   Butts, Kim ^b   Rieke, Viola ^b   Bouley, Donna M ^b   Gill, Harcharan ^b   Daniel, Bruce ^b   Sommer, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Cancer; MR thermometry; Prostate; Thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; COAGULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFRARED IMAGING; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; UROLOGY;

BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; CANCER; MR THERMOMETRY; PROSTATE; THERMAL ABLATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; TECHNIQUE; THERMOCOAGULATION; TRANSDUCER; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 15744380782     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1861163     Document Type: Article

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