Abstract
This work was aimed at exploring the feasibility of MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) as an adjuvant to vertebroplasty, especially for the management of spinal metastatic tumors. Such a technique may provide a number of advantages including an additional tool for tumor reduction, improved hemostasis, and high precision and safety in thermal therapy. We report on the development of tools and procedures to facilitate augmentation of vertebroplasty with LITT, and we describe the results of laser thermal treatments in normal canine vertebrae.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 83 |
Pages (from-to) | 433-444 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2004 |
Event | Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems XIV - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: Jan 24 2004 → Jan 27 2004 |
Keywords
- Feedback Control
- LITT
- Laser
- MRI
- Spinal Tumors
- Thermal Imaging
- Vertebroplasty
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Biomaterials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging