ArticleMedical physics2022
Comparison of computer simulations and clinical treatment results of magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) of uterine fibroids.
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- Comparison of computer simulations and clinical treatment results of magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) of uterine fibroids.Medical physics · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeMagnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) can be used to noninvasively treat symptomatic uterine fibroids by heating with focused ultrasound sonications while monitoring the temperature with magnetic resonance (MR) thermometry. While prior studies have compared focused ultrasound simulations to clinical results, studies involving uterine fibroids remain scarce. In our study, we perform such a comparison to assess the suitability of simulations for treatment planning.
methodsSonications (N = 67) were simulated retrospectively using acoustic and thermal models based on the Rayleigh integral and Pennes bioheat equation followed by MR-thermometry simulation in seven patients who underwent MRgFUS treatment for uterine fibroids. The spatial accuracy of simulated focus location was assessed by evaluating displacements of the centers of mass of the thermal dose distributions between simulated and treatment MR thermometry slices. Temperature-time curves and sizes of 240 equivalent minutes at 43°C (240EM
resultsThe simulated focus location showed errors of 2.7 ± 4.1, -0.7 ± 2.0, and 1.3 ± 1.2 mm (mean ± SD) in the anterior-posterior, foot-head, and right-left directions for a fibroid absorption coefficient of 4.9 Np m
conclusionsThe results of this study suggest that perfusion, while in some cases having a substantial impact on thermal dose volumes, has less impact than ultrasound absorption for predicting peak temperature elevation at least when using perfusion parameter values up to 10 kg m
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