Magnetic resonance-guided interstitial high-intensity focused ultrasound for brain tumor ablation
Magnetic resonance-guided interstitial high-intensity focused ultrasound for brain tumor ablation
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DOI：
10.3171/2017.11.focus17613
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发表时间：
2018-02-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Pilitsis, Julie G.
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作者：
MacDonell, Jacquelyn;Patel, Niravkumar;Pilitsis, Julie G.
Currently, treatment of brain tumors is limited to resection, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Thermal ablation has been recently explored. High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is being explored as an alternative. Specifically, the authors propose delivering HIFU internally to the tumor with an MRI-guided robotic assistant (MRgRA). The advantage of the authors' interstitial device over external MRI-guided HIFU (MRgHIFU) is that it allows for conformal, precise ablation and concurrent tissue sampling. The authors describe their workflow for MRgRA HIFU delivery.
