High-intensity focused ultrasound: Principles, therapy guidance, simulations and applications

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 311-322

  Jenne, Jürgen W ^a,b   Preusser, Tobias ^c,d   Günther, Matthias ^a,c,e  

^a MEDIRI GMBH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

^d JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

HIFU; High intensity focused ultrasound; Magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound surgery; MRgFUS; MRI; Therapeutic ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BONE METASTASIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROSTATE CANCER; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UTERUS MYOMA; VOLUMETRY;

ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84870251860     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: 18764436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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