Design and development of a prototype endocavitary probe for high-intensity focused ultrasound delivery with integrated magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 548-556

  Wharton, Iain P ^a   Rivens, Ian H ^a   Ter Haar, Gail R ^a   Gilderdale, David J ^a   Collins, David J ^a   Hand, Jeff W ^b   Abel, Paul D ^b   DeSouza, Nandita M ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endocavitary; High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU); MR guided therapy; MRI; Thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOLING; EX VIVO STUDY; HEATING; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; MECHANICAL PROBE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CALIBRATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33847612397     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20833     Document Type: Article

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