Introduction Magnetic resonance imaging guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (MR-HIFU) is a non-invasive technique with low risk of complications for the patient and few side effects. Integration MRI allows monitoring temperature regime thermal doses, which protects important structures from overheating, at same time directing high dose to target tissue. MR-HIFU in treatment uterine fibroid...

This paper presents an automated and clinicallytested method for detection of brain abnormalities and tumor-edema segmentation using the MRI sequences. It follows a Radiologist’s approach to the brain diagnosis using multiple MRI sequences instead of any prior models or training phases. Our procedure consists of the following steps: a) Pre-processing of the MRI sequences, T2, T1 and T1 post con...

PURPOSE To locate spoiled gradient-echo functional MR signal changes in relation to brain parenchyma. METHODS The region of the primary visual cortex was evaluated using functional MR and H2 15O positron emission tomography in each of six male subjects who were being visually stimulated by means of red light-emitting diode flash goggles. RESULTS The positron emission tomography technique de...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Reports of MR imaging in West Nile virus (WNV) meningoencephalomyelitis are few and the described findings limited. The purpose of this study was to review the spectrum of MR imaging findings for WNV meningoencephalomyelitis and investigate whether any of the findings correlates with clinical presentation of flaccid paralysis. METHODS We reviewed the MR imaging findings...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cerebral thermoregulation remains poorly understood. Temperature dysregulation is deeply implicated in the potentiation of cerebrovascular ischemia. We present a multiphasic, MR thermographic study in a nonhuman primate model of MCA infarction, hypothesizing detectable brain temperature disturbances and brain-systemic temperature decoupling. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three ...

MRI brain images are widely used in medical applications for research, diagnosis, treatment, surgical planning and image guided surgeries. These MR brain images are often corrupted with various imaging artifacts and may affect the performance of brain image processing techniques. In this paper, we listed and identified the causes of the common imaging artifacts in MR brain images.

We describe herein the use of MR fluoroscopic guidance in the drainage of abscess cavities. We percutaneously drained 12 brain abscesses in 11 patients. A 0.3T open MR imaging system was used. Sixteen drainages were performed in 12 abscesses. Repeat drainage was needed in three recurrences and one residual lesion. No serious complications were seen. MR fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous brain absc...

AIM An image fusion of 3-dimensional (D) digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and magnetic resonance (MR) images, DSA-MR fusion, can simultaneously visualize both information of the vasculature provided by 3D DSA and of the soft tissues provided by MR images. The authors assessed the usefulness of DSA-MR fusion images concerning the pretreatment evaluation for cerebral arteriovenous malformati...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Powerful tools, including CT and MR imaging, have revolutionized neuroimaging. These are routinely used, but the extent and variation of use has not been studied. Our purposes were to determine the use rates of MR imaging and CT (of spine, brain, or head and neck), myelography, conventional angiography, and MR angiography in diagnosing neurologic disorders; to study trend...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Conventional MR imaging for quantification of brain damage in monitoring the evolution of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) has limitations. Magnetization transfer (MT) MR imaging is overcoming these limitations. Using MT MR imaging, we sought to quantify, in vivo, the extent of brain and cerebellar damage in patients with CTX, with the ulimate goal to investigate the ...