Magnetic resonance-based thermometry during laser ablation on ex-vivo swine pancreas and liver. Issue 7 (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Allegretti, G.; Saccomandi, P.; Giurazza, F.; Caponero, M.A.; Frauenfelder, G.; Di Matteo, F.M.; Beomonte Zobel, B.; Silvestri, S.; Schena, E.
• Is Part Of: Medical engineering & physics. Volume 37:Issue 7(2015:Jul.)
• Page Start: 631
• Page End: 641
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Biomedical engineering -- Periodicals; Biomedical Engineering -- Periodicals; Physics -- Periodicals; Génie biomédical -- Périodiques; Biomedical engineering; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 610.28
• DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2015.04.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1350-4533

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0001"> <title id="cesectitle0001">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spara0001"> <list id="celist0001"> <list-item id="celistitem0001"> <label></label> <p id="para0001">We provided first data of magnetic resonance (MR) thermometry on pancreas.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="celistitem0002"> <label></label> <p id="para0002">We tested the effectiveness of two <italic>T</italic>₁-wighted sequences for MR-based thermometry on liver, and afterward on pancreas.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="celistitem0003"> <label></label> <p id="para0003">Fiber Bragg Grating sensors (FBGs) were employed for reference temperature monitoring.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="celistitem0004"> <label></label> <p id="para0004">We investigated laser ablation (LA) on pancreas as possible novelty in clinical practice.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>