Cavitation-based third ventriculostomy using MRI-guided focused ultrasound: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1520-1529

  Alkins, Ryan ^a,b   Huang, Yuexi ^a   Pajek, Dan ^a,b   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a,b  

^a Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Focused ultrasound; High intensity focused ultrasound; Hydrocephalus; Minimally invasive surgery; MRIgFUS; Pig; Third ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DURA MATER; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOLOGY; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SKULL BASE; THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 84889239530     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.8.JNS13969     Document Type: Article

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