Joyce GR Bomers1,
Eva Rothgang2, 3, Christiaan G. Overduin1,
Jrg Roland3, Jelle O. Barentsz1, Jurgen J. Fttterer1,
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1Radiology,
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Gelderland,
Netherlands; 2Center for Applied Medical Imaging, Siemens
Corporation, Corporate Research, Baltimore, MD, United States; 3Siemens
Healthcare, MR, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany; 4MIRA Institute for
Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede,
Overijssel, Netherlands
The clinical feasibility and time efficiency of an integrated workflow for MR-guided transrectal laser treatment and real-time treatment monitoring were tested. Furthermore, temperature stability at 3T in prostate cancer patients using a fast gradient echo (GRE) echo planar imaging (EPI) sequence was evaluated.