MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound for Brain Ablation and Blood–Brain Barrier Disruption

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 711, Issue , 2011, Pages 579-593

  Huang, Yuexi ^a   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

blood brain barrier; drug delivery systems; Focused ultrasound; magnetic resonance imaging; MRgFUS; thermal ablation; ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CALIBRATION; ECHOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; MOUSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CALIBRATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; MICROBUBBLES; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79955644505     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61737-992-5_30     Document Type: Chapter

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