MRI-guided focused ultrasound: Methodology and applications

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 723-731

  Hokland, Steffen L ^a   Pedersen, Michael ^a   Salomir, Rares ^b   Quesson, Bruno ^c   Stødkilde Jørgensen, Hans ^a   Moonen, Chrit T W ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Automatic temperature control; Focused ultrasound; High intensity focused ultrasound; Hyperthermia; MRI thermometry; Thermal ablation; Thermotherapy

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATHOLOGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HYPERTHERMIA; MRI THERMOMETRY; THERMAL ABLATION; THERMOTHERAPY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; THERMOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33746597540     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2006.873296     Document Type: Article

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