Abstract #1413
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE ENDOCAVITARY PROBE FOR HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND DELIVERY WITH MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING THERMOMETRY AND GUIDANCE
Rivens I, Wharton I, ter Haar G, Gilderdale D, Collins D, Hand J, deSouza N, Abel P
Joint Department of Physics, Institute of Cancer Research
This study describes development of an endocavitary probe comprising an MR compatible HIFU transducer integrated with an MR receiver coil for MR guided thermal ablation. The ability to produce phase images capable of detecting small (<5 deg C temperature rises) was demonstrated. Implementation of local shimming optimizes this.
