MR-Guided Transcranial Focused Ultrasound
Fig. 6.1 The skull bone. A complex medium for transcranial ultrasonic propagation Sound speed within the skull bone ranges between 1500 m/s in the liquid phase of porous regions, and…
Fig. 6.1 The skull bone. A complex medium for transcranial ultrasonic propagation Sound speed within the skull bone ranges between 1500 m/s in the liquid phase of porous regions, and…
Methods Energy conduction Ablation volume Energy delivery Imaging guidance Ablation time (min) Ablation expense HIFU Heat cavitation Conformal ablation No tumor size limitation Transcutaneous No probe insertion Ultrasound MRI 30–120…