TY - JOUR
T1 - Transcranial magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery at 1.5T: a technical note
AU - Cannella, Roberto
AU - Gagliardo, Cesare
AU - Lagalla, Roberto
AU - Midiri, Massimo
AU - Collura, Giorgio
AU - Marrale, Maurizio
AU - Bartolotta, Tommaso Vincenzo
AU - Wragg, Paul
AU - Napoli, Alessandro
AU - Catalano, Carlo
AU - Catalano, Carlo
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound is one of the emerging non-invasive technologies offering both image guidance and thermal monitoring. In recent years transcranial application of this technology is starting to impact heavily the neuroscience field. We present here the imaging protocol and the technological methods successfully used with a transcranial magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound system certified for clinical treatments of functional neurological disorders, integrated for the first time with a 1.5T magnetic resonance scanner. Compared to the body radiofrequency coil (the one commonly used with transcranial magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound system integrated with 3T magnetic resonance scanners), the use of a dedicated two channel coil enabled a signal-to-noise ratio gain up to five times higher.
AB - Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound is one of the emerging non-invasive technologies offering both image guidance and thermal monitoring. In recent years transcranial application of this technology is starting to impact heavily the neuroscience field. We present here the imaging protocol and the technological methods successfully used with a transcranial magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound system certified for clinical treatments of functional neurological disorders, integrated for the first time with a 1.5T magnetic resonance scanner. Compared to the body radiofrequency coil (the one commonly used with transcranial magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound system integrated with 3T magnetic resonance scanners), the use of a dedicated two channel coil enabled a signal-to-noise ratio gain up to five times higher.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/350841
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6410451/
M3 - Article
VL - 32
SP - 132
EP - 138
JO - Neuroradiology Journal
JF - Neuroradiology Journal
SN - 1971-4009
ER -