3D conformal MRI-controlled transurethral ultrasound prostate therapy: Validation of numerical simulations and demonstration in tissue-mimicking gel phantoms

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 6817-6839

  Burtnyk, Mathieu ^a,b   N'Djin, William Apoutou ^a   Kobelevskiy, Ilya ^a   Bronskill, Michael ^a,b   Chopra, Rajiv ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PRESSURES; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; COOLING DEVICES; GEL PHANTOM; HEATING PATTERN; HUMAN PROSTATE; IN-VITRO; LINEAR ARRAYS; MRI THERMOMETRY; NON-INVASIVE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PROSTATE VOLUME; ROTATION RATE; SCANNING LASER VIBROMETERS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TARGET VOLUMES; TEMPERATURE DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE FEEDBACK; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL COAGULATIONS; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; TRANSDUCER ELEMENTS; TRANSDUCER SURFACE; TRANSURETHRAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT TIME; ULTRASOUND DEVICES; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; COAGULATION; GELS; HEATING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GEL; HEAT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESSURE; PROSTATE TUMOR; SAFETY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; URETHRA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; FEEDBACK; GELS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PRESSURE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SAFETY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; URETHRA;

EID: 78650017528     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/22/014     Document Type: Article

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