A pilot study for clinical feasibility of the near-harmonic 2D referenceless PRFS thermometry in liver under free breathing using MR-guided LITT ablation data

International Journal of Hyperthermia

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 250-266

  Kickhefel, Antje ^a,b   Rosenberg, Christian ^c   Roland, Jörg ^b   Viallon, Magalie ^e   Gross, Patrick ^b   Schick, Fritz ^a   Hosten, Norbert ^c   Salomir, Rares ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

intervention; motion robust; proton resonance frequency shift; referenceless; thermometry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LIVER CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PILOT STUDY; PROTON RESONANCE FREQUENCY SHIFT MAGNETIC RESONANCE THERMOMETRY; THERMOMETRY;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LASER THERAPY; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84859949836     PISSN: 02656736     EISSN: 14645157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2012.670834     Document Type: Article

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