MRI-controlled transurethral ultrasound therapy for localised prostate cancer

International Journal of Hyperthermia

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 804-821

  Chopra, Rajiv ^a,b   Burtnyk, Mathieu ^a,b   N'Djin, W Apoutou ^a,b   Bronskill, Michael ^a,b  

^a Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feedback control; high intensity focused ultrasound; MRI thermometry; prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEL; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIMULATION; THERMOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSURETHRAL ULTRASOUND THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 78149257370     PISSN: 02656736     EISSN: 14645157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2010.503670     Document Type: Review

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