Feasibility of percutaneous vertebroplasty with MR-guided laser ablation

Roger J. McNichols; Ashok Gowda; Kamran Ahrar; R. Jason Stafford; Roger E. Price; John D. Hazle

doi:10.1117/12.528468

13 July 2004 Feasibility of percutaneous vertebroplasty with MR-guided laser ablation

Roger J. McNichols, Ashok Gowda, Kamran Ahrar, R. Jason Stafford, Roger E. Price, John D. Hazle

Proceedings Volume 5312, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems XIV; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.528468
Event: Biomedical Optics 2004, 2004, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

This work was aimed at exploring the feasibility of MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) as an adjuvant to vertebroplasty, especially for the management of spinal metastatic tumors. Such a technique may provide a number of advantages including an additional tool for tumor reduction, improved hemostasis, and high precision and safety in thermal therapy. We report on the development of tools and procedures to facilitate augmentation of vertebroplasty with LITT, and we describe the results of laser thermal treatments in normal canine vertebrae.

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Roger J. McNichols, Ashok Gowda, Kamran Ahrar, R. Jason Stafford, Roger E. Price, and John D. Hazle "Feasibility of percutaneous vertebroplasty with MR-guided laser ablation", Proc. SPIE 5312, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems XIV, (13 July 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.528468

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