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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guidance for Tumor Ablation

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Since the late 1980s, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been added to ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT) as a cross-sectional imaging tool that can be used to guide the interventional diagnosis and treatment of a variety of disorders. Due to its superior soft tissue contrast, multiplanar capabilities, lack of ionizing radiation, and, most importantly, ability to image tissue function and temperatures, MRI has been suggested as the ideal tool to guide minimally invasive therapies (1,2). Nevertheless, when the concept of percutaneous MRI-guided tumor ablation was first introduced, restricted patient access and limited spatial and temporal resolution with conventional high- and mid-field MRI systems limited its widespread use. Technical advances in both open-configuration magnet design and the development of fast gradient-echo pulse sequences have contributed substantially to an increasing interest in MRI-guided interventions (1,2).

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  1. Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Koenraad J. Mortele MD (Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Staff Radiologist) & Vito Cantisani MD

  2. Cross-sectional Interventional Service, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Stuart G. Silverman MD (Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Director, Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Director, CT Scan, Director)

  3. Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Kemal Tuncali MD (Instructor in Radiology)

  4. Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, USA

    Sridhar Shankar MD (Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of Massachusetts and Worcester)

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    Eric vanSonnenberg MD (Chief of Radiology, Interventional Radiologist) (Chief of Radiology, Interventional Radiologist)

  2. Brigham and Women’s Hospital Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Eric vanSonnenberg MD (Chief of Radiology, Interventional Radiologist) (Chief of Radiology, Interventional Radiologist)

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    William N. McMullen (Interventional Oncology Consultant) (Interventional Oncology Consultant)

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Mortele, K.J., Silverman, S.G., Cantisani, V., Tuncali, K., Shankar, S., vanSonnenberg, E. (2005). Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guidance for Tumor Ablation. In: vanSonnenberg, E., McMullen, W.N., Solbiati, L., Livraghi, T., Müeller, P.R., Silverman, S.G. (eds) Tumor Ablation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28674-8_12

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