MR-guided laser-induced thermotherapy of head and neck tumors

Medical Laser Application

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-97

  Mack, Martin G ^a,b   Eichler, Katrin ^a   Straub, Ralf ^a   Lehnert, Thomas ^a   Vogl, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Head and neck tumor; Laser; LITT; MRI

Indexed keywords

LASER ABLATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ANATOMIC STRUCTURES; LASER-INDUCED THERMOTHERAPY; LESIONS;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 5444243574     PISSN: 16151615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1615-1615-00129     Document Type: Article

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