Methods of monitoring thermal ablation of soft tissue tumors–A comprehensive review

R Geoghegan, G Ter Haar, K Nightingale… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal ablation is a form of hyperthermia in which oncologic control can be achieved by
briefly inducing elevated temperatures, typically in the range 50–80° C, within a target …

Proton resonance frequency shift thermometry: a review of modern clinical practices

J Blackwell, MJ Kraśny, A O'Brien… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become a popular modality in guiding minimally
invasive thermal therapies, due to its advanced, nonionizing, imaging capabilities and its …

A breast-specific MR guided focused ultrasound platform and treatment protocol: first-in-human technical evaluation

A Payne, R Merrill, E Minalga… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: This paper presents and evaluates a breast-specific magnetic resonance guided
focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) system. A first-in-human evaluation demonstrates the novel …

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 …

Technical aspects of osteoid osteoma ablation in children using MR-guided high intensity focussed ultrasound

PS Yarmolenko, A Eranki, A Partanen… - International Journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Osteoid osteoma (OO) is a painful bone tumour occurring in children and
young adults. Magnetic resonance imaging-guided high intensity focussed ultrasound (MR …

Intraprocedural Diffusion-weighted Imaging for Predicting Ablation Zone during MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound of Prostate Cancer

RR Bitton, W Shao, Y Chodakeiwitz… - Radiology: Imaging …, 2024 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To compare diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with thermal dosimetry as a
noncontrast method to predict ablation margins in individuals with prostate cancer treated …

A non-contrast multi-parametric MRI biomarker for assessment of MR-guided focused ultrasound thermal therapies

S Johnson, B Zimmerman, H Odéen… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: We present the development of a non-contrast multi-parametric magnetic
resonance (MPMR) imaging biomarker to assess treatment outcomes for magnetic …

An MRI-guided ring high-intensity focused ultrasound system for noninvasive breast ablation

LW Kuo, GC Dong, CC Pan, SF Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has been used for noninvasive treatment of breast
tumors, but the present magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided HIFU (MRI-HIFU) …

Simultaneous fat‐referenced proton resonance frequency shift thermometry and MR elastography for the monitoring of thermal ablations

K Kim, E Breton, A Gangi… - Magnetic Resonance in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Simultaneous fat‐referenced proton resonance frequency shift (FRPRFS)
thermometry combined with MR elastography (MRE) is proposed, to continuously monitor …

[HTML][HTML] Ablation of the sacroiliac joint using MR-guided high intensity focused ultrasound: a preliminary experiment in a swine model

EA Kaye, M Maybody, S Monette, SB Solomon… - Journal of Therapeutic …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background Dysfunction of the Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ) is one of the key sources of low
back pain. For prolonged pain relief, some patients undergo fluoroscopic guided radio …