The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

June 2015

Improving thermal dose accuracy in magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery: Long-term thermometry using a prior baseline as a reference.

Author Information

Kim Butts Pauly,Pejman Ghanouni,Rachel R Bitton,Taylor D Webb

Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.,School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.

Publication

Summary

To investigate thermal dose volume (TDV) and non-perfused volume (NPV) of magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatments in patients with soft tissue tumors, and describe a method for MR thermal dosimetry using a baseline reference.

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