Three-dimensional gradient-echo imaging for percutaneous MR-guided laser therapy of liver metastasis

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1174-1178

  Puls, Ralf ^a,d   Stroszczynski, Christian ^b   Rosenberg, Christian ^a   Kuehn, Jens Peter ^a   Hegenscheid, Katrin ^a   Speck, Ulrich ^c   Stier, Albrecht ^a   Hosten, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D GRE imaging, liver; Interventional MRI, liver; Liver metastases; Metal artifacts; MR guided ablation

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER METASTASIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFTWARE; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249885578     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20936     Document Type: Article

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