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ArticleJournal of medical ultrasound

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Monitoring of Thermal Lesions Produced by Focused Ultrasound.

Anastasia Antoniou, Nikolas Evripidou, Anastasia Nikolaou, Andreas Georgiou, Marinos Giannakou, Antreas Chrysanthou, Leonidas Georgiou, Cleanthis Ioannides, Christakis Damianou

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9 authors.

Anastasia AntoniouDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus.
Nikolas EvripidouDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus.
Anastasia NikolaouDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus.
Andreas GeorgiouDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus.
Marinos GiannakouDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus.
Antreas ChrysanthouDepartment of Interventional Radiology, German Oncology Center, Limassol, Cyprus.
Leonidas GeorgiouDepartment of Interventional Radiology, German Oncology Center, Limassol, Cyprus.
Cleanthis IoannidesDepartment of Interventional Radiology, German Oncology Center, Limassol, Cyprus.
Christakis DamianouDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The main goal of the study was to find the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameters that optimize contrast between tissue and thermal lesions produced by focused ultrasound (FUS) using T1-weighted (T1-W) and T2-weighted (T2-W) fast spin echo (FSE) sequences. Methods: FUS sonications were performed in Results: FUS lesions are characterized by lower relaxation times than intact porcine tissue. CNR values above 80 were sufficient for proper lesion visualization. For T1-W imaging, repetition time values close to 1500 ms were considered optimum for obtaining sufficiently high CNR at the minimum time cost. Echo time values close to 50 ms offered the maximum lesion contrast in T2-W FSE imaging. Monitoring of acute FUS lesions during grid sonications was performed successfully. Lesions appeared as hypointense spots with excellent contrast from surrounding tissue. Conclusion: MRI monitoring of signal intensity changes during FUS sonication in grid patterns using optimized sequence parameters can provide useful information about lesion progression and the success of ablation. This preliminary study demonstrated the feasibility of the proposed monitoring method in

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Contrastlesionmagnetic resonance imagingmonitoringporcineultrasound

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PMID39801543
PMCPMC11717076

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