A new MRI method, tested in vitro for the assessment of thermal coagulation and demonstrated in vivo on focused ultrasound ablation

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 637-643

  Carasso, Dina ^a   Hanannel, Arik ^b   Navon, Gil ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b INSIGHTEC LTD   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Focused ultrasound; Liver; Magnetization exchange; Magnetization exchange imaging; MRI; Muscle; Thermal treatment

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; COAGULATION; FERROMAGNETISM; HEAT TREATMENT; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETS; MUSCLE; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST AGENT; EXCHANGE RATES; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; LIVER; MAGNETIZATION EXCHANGE; MAGNETIZATION EXCHANGE IMAGING; MRI; THERMAL TREATMENT;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HEAT INJURY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; MACROMOLECULE; MAGNETISM; MALE; MUSCLE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RAT; SWINE; THERMAL COAGULATION; TISSUE WATER; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; SWINE; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

RATTUS; SUS;

EID: 48349099644     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1236     Document Type: Article

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