Title
Robotic Assisted MRI-Guided Interventional Interstitial MR Guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation in a Swine Model
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Radiology; New England Center for Stroke Research
Publication Date
2018-06-14
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Neurology | Radiology | Surgery
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Ablative lesions are current treatments for epilepsy and brain tumors. Interstitial magnetic resonance (MR) guided focused ultrasound (iMRgFUS) may be an alternate ablation technique which limits thermal tissue charring as compared to laser therapy (LITT) and can produce larger ablation patterns nearer the surface than transcranial MR guided focused ultrasound (tcMRgFUS).
OBJECTIVE: To describe our experience with interstitial focused ultrasound (iFUS) ablations in swine, using MR-guided robotically assisted (MRgRA) delivery.
METHODS: In an initial 3 animals, we optimized the workflow of the robot in the MR suite and made modifications to the robotic arm to allow range of motion. Then, 6 farm pigs (4 acute, 2 survival) underwent 7 iMRgFUS ablations using MRgRA. We altered dosing to explore differences between thermal dosing in brain as compared to other tissues. Imaging was compared to gross examination.
RESULTS: Our work culminated in adjustments to the MRgRA, iMRgFUS probes, and dosing, culminating in 2 survival surgeries; swine had ablations with no neurological sequelae at 2 wk postprocedure. Immediately following iMRgFUS therapy, diffusion-weighted imaging, and T1 weighted MR were accurate reflections of the ablation volume. T2 and fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery (FLAIR) images were accurate reflections of ablation volume 1-wk postprocedure.
CONCLUSION: We successfully performed MRgRA iFUS ablation in swine and found intraoperative and postoperative imaging to correlate with histological examination. These data are useful to validate our system and to guide imaging follow-up for thermal ablation lesions in brain tissue from our therapy, tcMRgFUS, and LITT.
DOI of Published Version
10.1093/neuros/nyy266
Source
Neurosurgery. 2018 Jun 14. pii: 5037802. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyy266. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Neurosurgery
Related Resources
PubMed ID
29905844
Repository Citation
MacDonell J, Gounis MJ, King RM, Bogdanov G, Brooks OW, Langan ET, Pilitsis JG. (2018). Robotic Assisted MRI-Guided Interventional Interstitial MR Guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation in a Swine Model. Radiology Publications. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyy266. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/radiology_pubs/403
Comments
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