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Strong past echoes enable significant future resonances

C. Leon Partain MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 1-2
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

Original Research

Transnasal and transsphenoidal MRI-guided biopsies of petroclival tumors

Thomas Schulz MD,  Jens P. Schneider MD,  Friedrich Bootz MD,  Sabine Keiner MD,  Barthel Scheffler MD,  Horst Weidenbach MD,  Jürgen Dietrich MD,  Timo Schirmer PhD,  Frank Schmidt MD,  Thomas Kahn MD, 
  • Pages: 3-11
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

Improving diagnostic yield in brain biopsy: Coupling spectroscopic targeting with real-time needle placement

Walter A. Hall MD,  Alastair Martin PhD,  Haiying Liu PhD,  Charles L. Truwit MD, 
  • Pages: 12-15
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

Biopsy needle tip artifact in MR-guided neurosurgery

Haiying Liu PhD,  Walter A. Hall MD,  Alastair J. Martin PhD,  Charles L. Truwit MD, 
  • Pages: 16-22
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

MRI study of immediate cell viability in focused ultrasound lesions in the rabbit brain

Lili Chen PhD,  Donna M. Bouley PhD,  Brent T. Harris M.D., PhD,  Kim Butts PhD, 
  • Pages: 23-30
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

MR-guided interstitial laser-induced thermotherapy of hepatic metastasis combined with arterial blood flow reduction: Technique and first clinical results in an open MR system

Frank K. Wacker MD,  Klaus Reither MD,  Jörg P. Ritz MD,  Andre Roggan MD,  Christoph T. Germer MD,  Karl-Jürgen Wolf MD, 
  • Pages: 31-36
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

The value of MnDPDP enhancement during MR guided laser interstitial thermoablation of liver tumors

Rita Joarder FRCR,  Michael de Jode FRCR,  Gabrielle A. Lamb FRCR,  Wladyslaw M.W. Gedroyc FRCR, 
  • Pages: 37-41
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

MR monitoring of laser-induced lesions of the liver in vivo in a low-field open magnet: Temperature mapping and lesion size prediction

Delphine Germain MS,  Patrick Chevallier MD,  Alexandre Laurent MD, PhD,  Michael Savart BS,  Michel Wassef MD,  Hervé Saint-Jalmes PhD, 
  • Pages: 42-49
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

MR-guided percutaneous cryotherapy of the liver: In vivo evaluation with histologic correlation in an animal model

Josef Tacke MD,  Gerhard Adam MD,  Patrick Haage MD,  Bernd Sellhaus MD,  Stefanie Großkortenhaus,  Rolf W. Günther MD, 
  • Pages: 50-56
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

How does alteration of hepatic blood flow affect liver perfusion and radiofrequency-induced thermal lesion size in rabbit liver?

Andrik J. Aschoff MD,  Elmar M. Merkle MD,  Virginia Wong MD,  Qiang Zhang MD,  Matthew M. Mendez MD,  Jeffrey L. Duerk MD,  Jonathan S. Lewin MD, 
  • Pages: 57-63
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

Perioperative prediction by MRI of prostate volume six to twelve months after laser-induced thermotherapy of benign prostatic hyperplasia

Ullrich G. Mueller-Lisse MD,  Markus Frimberger MD,  Peter Schneede MD,  Andreas F. Heuck MD,  Rolf Muschter MD,  Maximilian F. Reiser MD, 
  • Pages: 64-68
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

Integration of interventional MRI with computer-assisted surgery

Ferenc A. Jolesz MD,  Arya Nabavi MD,  Ron Kikinis MD, 
  • Pages: 69-77
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

The engineering of an interventional MRI with a movable 1.5 Tesla magnet

David I. Hoult DPhil,  John K. Saunders PhD,  Garnette R. Sutherland MD, FRCS,  Jonathan Sharp PhD,  Marcia Gervin RT,  H. Glen Kolansky DipEEng,  Dennis L. Kripiakevich BSc,  Andrew Procca DipETech,  Rudy A. Sebastian BSc,  Akos Dombay DipIng,  David L. Rayner PhD,  Frank A. Roberts MSc,  Boguslaw Tomanek PhD, 
  • Pages: 78-86
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

Design and initial evaluation of a low-cost 3-Tesla research system for combined optical and functional MR imaging with interventional capability

M. Paley PhD,  J.E. Mayhew PhD,  A.J. Martindale BSc,  J. McGinley PhD,  J. Berwick PhD,  P. Coffey PhD,  P. Redgrave PhD,  P. Furness PhD,  M. Port,  A. Ham,  Y. Zheng PhD,  M. Jones BSc,  E. Whitby MD,  E.J.R. van Beek MD, PhD,  I.D. Wilkinson PhD,  G. Darwent RCR,  P.D. Griffiths MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 87-92
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

Registration in interventional procedures with optical navigator†

Erkki Vahala MSc,  Mika Ylihautala PhD,  Juho Tuominen MD,  Hagen Schiffbauer MD, PhD,  Jani Katisko MSc,  Sanna Yrjänä MSc,  Teuvo Vaara DSc,  Gösta Ehnholm DSc,  John Koivukangas MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 93-98
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

Temperature quantitation and mapping of frozen tissue

Kim Butts PhD,  Jason Sinclair MD,  Bruce L. Daniel MD,  Janaka Wansapura PhD,  John M. Pauly PhD, 
  • Pages: 99-104
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

On the heating of linear conductive structures as guide wires and catheters in interventional MRI

Wolfgang R. Nitz PhD,  Arnulf Oppelt PhD,  Wolfgang Renz PhD,  Christoph Manke MD,  Markus Lenhart MD,  Johann Link MD, 
  • Pages: 105-114
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

Intraoperative diffusion imaging on a 0.5 Tesla interventional scanner

Yoshiaki Mamata MD, PhD,  Hatsuho Mamata MD,  Arya Nabavi MD,  Daniel F. Kacher MSc,  Richard S. Pergolizzi Jr. MD,  Richard B. Schwartz MD, PhD,  Ron Kikinis MD,  Ferenc A. Jolesz MD,  Stephan E. Maier MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 115-119
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

Measuring the thickness of articular cartilage from MR images

Peter A. Hardy PhD,  Premini Nammalwar MSc,  Steven Kuo PhD, 
  • Pages: 120-126
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

Technical Notes

Catheter tracking for MR fluoroscopy: Design of a transmit/receive coil for use with a nasogastric tube

David J. Herlihy PhD,  David J. Larkman PhD,  Nandita M. deSouza MD,  Andreanna D. Williams DCR,  Ian R. Young PhD, 
  • Pages: 127-130
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

Development of an MR-safe tracking catheter with a laser-driven tip coil

Maurits K. Konings PhD,  Lambertus W. Bartels MSc,  Christiaan F.P. van Swol PhD,  Chris J.G. Bakker PhD, 
  • Pages: 131-135
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

Intra-operative MR guidance during trans-sphenoidal pituitary resection: Preliminary results

Richard S. Pergolizzi Jr. MD,  Arya Nabavi MD,  Richard B. Schwartz MD, PhD,  Liangge Hsu MD,  Terence Z. Wong MD,  Claudia Martin MD,  Peter McL. Black MD, PhD,  Ferenc A. Jolesz MD, 
  • Pages: 136-141
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

Radial keyhole sequences for low field projection reconstruction interventional MRI

Ajit Shankaranarayanan BTech,  Michael Wendt PhD,  Andrik J. Aschoff MD,  Jonathan S. Lewin MD,  Jeffrey L. Duerk PhD, 
  • Pages: 142-151
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

Metallic surgical instruments for interventional MRI procedures: Evaluation of MR safety

Frank G. Shellock PhD, 
  • Pages: 152-157
  • First Published: 09 January 2001

Motion robust imaging for continuous intraoperative MRI

Daniel F. Kacher MS,  Stephan E. Maier MD, PhD,  Hatsuho Mamata MD,  Yoshiaki Mamata MD,  Arya Nabavi MD,  Ferenc A. Jolesz MD, 
  • Pages: 158-161
  • First Published: 09 January 2001