Accumulated thermal dose in MRI-guided focused ultrasound for essential tremor: repeated sonications with low focal temperatures
Author(s) -
Ryan M. Jones,
Shona Kamps,
Yuexi Huang,
Nadia Scantlebury,
Nir Lipsman,
Michael L. Schwartz,
Kullervo Hynynen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.564
H-Index - 210
eISSN - 1933-0693
pISSN - 0022-3085
DOI - 10.3171/2019.2.jns182995
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , nuclear medicine , thalamotomy , magnetic resonance imaging , essential tremor , focused ultrasound , ultrasound , radiology , pathology , parkinson's disease , disease , deep brain stimulation , physical medicine and rehabilitation
The object of this study was to correlate lesion size with accumulated thermal dose (ATD) in transcranial MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatments of essential tremor with focal temperatures limited to 50°C-54°C.
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