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Magnetic resonance imaging‐guided focused ultrasound thermal therapy in experimental animal models: Correlation of ablation volumes with pathology in rabbit muscle and VX2 tumors
Author(s) -
Hazle John D.,
Stafford R. Jason,
Price Roger E.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1522-2586
pISSN - 1053-1807
DOI - 10.1002/jmri.10055
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance imaging , ablation , thermal ablation , focused ultrasound , ultrasound , medicine , biomedical engineering , radiology , in vivo , high intensity focused ultrasound , interventional magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Purpose To further investigate the use of magnetic resonance‐guided focused ultrasound therapy (MRgFUS) as a noninvasive alternative to surgery in the local control of soft‐tissue tumors by ablating prescribed volumes of VX2 rabbit tumors and comparing with ablation of normal tissue volumes. Materials and Methods Small, ellipsoidal ablations at shallow depth were created using 5‐ to 15‐second sonication pulses at radio frequency (RF) powers of 50–125 W using a spherical, air‐backed transducer operating at 1.463 MHz under MR guidance in a 1.5‐T clinical scanner. Results Excellent correlation was observed between prescribed treatment volumes, MR thermal dosimetry, post‐treatment verification MRI, and histopathology. Multifocal ablations of VX2 tumors in rabbits at depths of up to 2.5 cm resulted in complete ablation of the prescribed treatment volume. Conclusion MRgFUS is an effective technique for treating tumors in vivo. Techniques developed for treatments in homogeneous tissue volumes are applicable in the more complicated tumor environment if MR temperature feedback is available to modify treatment delivery parameters. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2002;15:185–194. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.