Self-Scanned HIFU Ablation of Moving Tissue Using Real-Time Hybrid US-MR Imaging

Conclusion: The presented method does not require a learning stage and enables a duty cycle close to 100%, higher average acoustic intensity and avoidance of side lobe effects versus performing HIFU beam steering to compensate tissue motion. Significance: To our knowledge, the proposed method provides the first experimental validation of the self-scanning HIFU ablation paradigm via a real-time hybrid MRI/US imaging, opening the path toward self-scanning in vivo therapies.
Source: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering - Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research