MRI-guided HIFU methods for the ablation of liver and renal cancers

BD de Senneville, C Moonen, M Ries - Therapeutic ultrasound, 2016 - Springer
Abstract MRI-guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MRI-HIFU) is a promising method
for the non-invasive ablation of pathological tissue in many organs, including mobile organs …

Management of respiratory motion in extracorporeal high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment in upper abdominal organs: current status and perspectives

A Muller, L Petrusca, V Auboiroux, PJ Valette… - Cardiovascular and …, 2013 - Springer
Extracorporeal high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a minimally invasive therapy
considered with increased interest for the ablation of small tumors in deeply located organs …

[HTML][HTML] Real-time and multimodality image-guided intelligent HIFU therapy for uterine fibroid

G Ning, X Zhang, Q Zhang, Z Wang, H Liao - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy represents a noninvasive
surgical approach to treat uterine fibroids. The operation of HIFU therapy relies on the …

AAPM Task Group 241: A medical physicist's guide to MRI‐guided focused ultrasound body systems

A Payne, R Chopra, N Ellens, L Chen… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic resonance‐guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is a completely non‐invasive
technology that has been approved by FDA to treat several diseases. This report, prepared …

Suppressing the hifu interference in ultrasound guiding images with a diffusion-based deep learning model

D Cai, K Yang, X Liu, J Xu, Y Ran, Y Xu… - Computer Methods and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background and objectives In ultrasound guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)
surgery, it is necessary to transmit sound waves at different frequencies simultaneously …

Ultrasonography-based 2D motion-compensated HIFU sonication integrated with reference-free MR temperature monitoring: a feasibility study ex vivo

V Auboiroux, L Petrusca, M Viallon… - Physics in Medicine …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasonography have been used simultaneously in
this ex vivo study for the image-guidance of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) …

Real-time monitoring of HIFU treatment using pulse inversion

JH Song, Y Yoo, TK Song… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Ultrasound (US) imaging is widely used for the real-time guidance of high-intensity focused
ultrasound (HIFU) treatment at a relatively low cost. However, ultrasound image guided …

Ultrasound-based guidance and therapy

F Lindseth, T Langø, T Selbekk… - Advancements and …, 2013 - books.google.com
Minimally invasive and non-invasive image guided therapy can reduce surgical traumas and
improve outcome for patients suffering from a wide variety of diseases. It may also reduce …

Motion tracking in the liver: Validation of a method based on 4D ultrasound using a nonrigid registration technique

S Vijayan, S Klein, EF Hofstad, F Lindseth… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Treatments like radiotherapy and focused ultrasound in the abdomen require
accurate motion tracking, in order to optimize dosage delivery to the target and minimize …

Hybrid ultrasound‐MR guided HIFU treatment method with 3 D motion compensation

Z Celicanin, G Manasseh, L Petrusca… - Magnetic resonance …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Treatments using high‐intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in the abdominal region
remain challenging as a result of respiratory organ motion. A novel method is described …