T2-based temperature monitoring in abdominal fat during HIFU treatment of patients with uterine fibroids | Zendy

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T2-based temperature monitoring in abdominal fat during HIFU treatment of patients with uterine fibroids

Author(s) -

Eugene Ozhinsky,

Maureen P. Kohi,

Pejman Ghanouni,

Viola Rieke

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

aip conference proceedings

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

eISSN - 1551-7616

pISSN - 0094-243X

DOI - 10.1063/1.4977646

Subject(s) - uterine fibroids , subcutaneous fat , medicine , ablation , abdominal fat , biomedical engineering , radiology , nuclear medicine , urology , surgery , adipose tissue , body weight

In this study, we have implemented T2-based monitoring of near-field heating in patients undergoing HIFU ablation of uterine fibroids using Insightec ExAblate system. In certain areas, near-field heating can reach 18°C and the tissue may experience sustained heating of more than 10°C for the period of 2 hours or more. This indicates a cumulative thermal dose that may cause necrosis. Our results show the feasibility and importance of measuring near-field heating in subcutaneous fat.

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