Visualisation of Applicator-Systems for LITT and RF Ablation and Thermometry in 3T MRI
G Gaffke, C Stroszczynski, M Gnauck, W Wlodarczyk, B Gebauer, R Puls, M Pech, J Ricke, R Felix · RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren · 2004 · Heft 03
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Purpose: Aim of this study was to evaluate the visualisation of commercial available LITT and RF? Applicator Systems in an 3T MRI System. Second aim was to evaluate the feasibility of thermomonitoring and thermometry during thermal ablations by use of an closed bore highfield MRI. Method and materials: We performed in vitro MRI imaging of different commercial available LITT? and RF applicator systems (AnaKat, Somatex, Radiotherapeutics, Radionics). Imaging was performed by use of clinically used gradient echo sequences (GRE T1), which are suitable due to short acquisitiontimes with high contrast and anatomical a…
