Rapid motion correction in MR‐guided high‐intensity focused ultrasound heating using real‐time ultrasound echo information

The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of integrating real‐time ultrasound echo guidance in MR‐guided high‐intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) heating of mobile targets in order to reduce latency between displacement analysis and HIFU treatment. Experiments on a moving phantom were carried out with MRI‐guided HIFU during continuous one‐dimensional ultrasound echo detection using separate HIFU and ultrasound imaging transducers. Excellent correspondence was found between MR‐ and ultrasound‐detected displacements. Real‐time ultrasound echo‐based target tracking during MR‐guided HIFU heating is shown with the dimensions of the heated area similar to those obtained for a static target. This work demonstrates that the combination of the two modalities opens up perspectives for motion correction in MRI‐guided HIFU with negligible latency. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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