| POSTER
WALKING TOUR: MR-Guided Thermotherapy Tuesday, 25
May 1999 Chairs: Jeffrey L. Duerk and Bruce L. Daniel |
| 13:30 669. Monitoring of Tissue Temperature Changes using an Interleaved Spiral Acquisition, R.J. Stafford, J.D. Hazle and G.H. Glover, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA and Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. |
| 13:34 670. Absolute Temperature Mapping for Hyperthermia Treatment Using a Praseodymium Complex, R. Noeske, F. Seifert, W. Wlodarczyk, N. Hosten, R. Felix and H. Rinneberg, Fachbereich Medizinische Meßtechnik and Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany. |
| 13:38 671. MRI Mapping of One-Dimensional Temperature Gradients Across Ex-Vivo Liver Tissue During Rapid and Slow Heating, J.C. Wallace, R.L. Clarke and G.E. Santyr, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada. |
| 13:42 672. Control System for an MRI Compatible Intracavitary Ultrasound Array for Thermal Treatment of Prostate Disease, N.B. Smith, N.K. Merrilees, S. Sokka and K. Hynynen, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. |
| 13:46 673. Comparison of Focused Ultrasound Tissue Damage on MRI and Histology in Rabbit Brain, L. Chen, D. Bouley, E. Yuh, H. D'Arceuil and K. Butts, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. |
| 13:50 674. MR Imaging-Guided Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation of Implanted VX2 Liver Tumors in a Rabbit Model: Feasibility, Accuracy, and Signal Characteristics, E.M. Merkle, D.T. Boll, T. Boaz, J.L. Duerk, Y.C. Chung, G.H. Jacobs, M.E. Varnes and J.S. Lewin, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. |
| 13:54 675. Clinical Trials of MR Temperature Imaging for Laser Ablation of Brain Tumor, K. Kuroda, J. Kettenbach, P. Morrison, S.G. Silverman, P.M.L. Black and F.A. Jolesz, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA and Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan. |
| 13:58 676. Quantitative Monitoring of in vivo and ex vivo Breast Cryosurgery under MRI Guidance, F. Picard, F. Larose, N. Duchesne, J. Morin and C. Moisan, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Québec, Canada. |
| 14:02 677. MRI-Monitoring of Cerebral Cryotherapy with an Interactive Fluoroscopic Radial Gradient Echo Sequence, J. Tacke, R. Speetzen, G. Adam, B. Sellhaus, A. Glowinski, I. Heschel, V. Rasche, R. Schom, S. Großkortenhaus, G. Rau and R.W. Günther, Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering and University of Technology, Aachen, Germany and Philips Research Laboratories, Hamburg, Germany. |
| 14:06 678. Percutaneous Cryotherapy of Facet Joint Syndrome under MRI Guidance: Technique and Results, G. Ahlbäumer, J-F. Roy, M-H. Breton, P. Montminy, L. Kirouac and C. Moisan, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Québec, Canada. |