Effects of spatial and temporal resolution for MR image‐guided thermal ablation of prostate with transurethral ultrasound

To describe approaches for determining optimal spatial and temporal resolutions for the proton resonance frequency shift method of quantitative magnetic resonance temperature imaging (MRTI) guidance of transurethral ultrasonic prostate ablation.

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