Real-time magnetic resonance imaging of laser heat deposition in tissue

Magn Reson Med. 1991 Sep;21(1):132-7. doi: 10.1002/mrm.1910210116.

Abstract

We applied diffusion-sensitive echo planar (Instascan) imaging to study thermal changes caused by a Nd:YAG laser. Images of phantom materials and normal rabbit brain tissue in vivo, acquired in 150 ms, every 2s, clearly showed the dynamics of temperature-related signal intensity changes in the regions irradiated by the laser.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Brain / surgery
  • Hot Temperature
  • Laser Therapy*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Models, Structural
  • Rabbits