Understanding the Relationship Between Real-Time Thermal Imaging and Thermal Damage Estimate During Magnetic Resonance-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy

摘要

OBJECTIVE: Magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy is a minimally invasive procedure that uses intraoperative magnetic resonance thermometry (MRT) to generate a thermal damage estimate (TDE) of the ablative area. This study aimed to compare areas produced by the MRT heat map with the system-generated TDE produced by Visualase software.