This is the first-ever volume, edited by a recognised expert in the field, to present a comprehensive, up-to-date summary and assessment of the new and rapidly-growing field of MR-guided therapy, while providing in-depth, state-of-the-art coverage of instrumentation, techniques, and clinical applications. Lavishly illustrated with nearly 550 images (25 in colour), this volume is organized in four parts. Not only essential for radiologists but equally for surgeons, since interventional MRI addresses MR-assisted open surgical procedures, and to neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, orthopedists, cardiologists, and radiation oncologists since these individuals rely on MRI as a diagnostic tool and interventional tool. Medical physicists and radiologic technologists will find it a reliable technical and theoretical resource. Features: * An in-depth discussion of instrumentation and general interventional MR-guidance techniques (including scanners, coils, anesthesia, safety, pulse sequences, localization and tracking, RF tracking, therapy planning, image processing strategies, and database creation and management) * 548 top-quality illustrations * Covers image-guided treatment techniques (such as cryoablation, laser, RF, focused ultrasound, and ethanol ablation) * Coverage of clinical applications (treatment and biopsy of the brain, spine, head and neck, breast, thorax, abdomen, liver, prostate, and vascular system)

Table of Contents:
I INSTRUMENTATION 1 Overview of Interventional MRI Magnets 2 Interventional Magnet and System Design at Low-Field 3 Design of a Mid-Field Intraoperative MR System at 0.5T 4 A Proposed New Magnet Design for MR-Guided Surgery at 0.6 T 5 High-Field Interventional MR System for Neuro Applications 6 Endovascular Coils for Interventional MRI 7 MR-Compatible Instruments 8 Site Planning for Interventional MRI 9 Anesthetic Management for Intraoperative MRI 10 Safety Issues for Interventional MRI 11 Quality Assurance in Interventional MRI II INTERVENTIONAL MR-GUIDANCE TECHNIQUES 12 Pulse Sequences for in vivo Temperature Measurement using MRI 13 Fast Imaging Techniques for Interventional MRI 14 Passive Visualization Strategies for Biopsy and Needle Puncture 15 Passive Endoluminal Tracking Approaches for Endovascular Interventional MRI 16 Active Tracking of Interventional Devices 17 Feasibility of MR-Guided Neuro-Endoscopy 18 MR-Compatible PET 19 Therapy Planning for Interventional MRI 20 Image Processing Strategies for Interventional MRI 21 Databases for Interventional MRI III MR-GUIDED TREATMENT TECHNIQUES 22 Principles of MR-Guided Cryoablation 23 Principles of MR-Guided Laser Therapy 24 Principles of MR-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation 25 Principles of MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound 26 Principles of MR-Guided Ethanol Ablation IV CLINICAL APPLICATIONS 27 Intraoperative MRI for Neurosurgery 28 MR-Guided Brain Biopsy and Stereotactic Procedures 29 MR-Guided Laser Ablation of Brain Tumors 30 MR-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation of Brain Tumors 31 MR-Guided Minimally Invasive Therapy of the Spine 32 MR-Guided Lumbar Sympathectomy 33 MR-Guided Biopsy in the Head and Neck 34 MR-Guided Treatment in the Head and Neck 35 MR-Guided Breast Biopsy 36 MR-Guided Laser Breast Treatment 37 Interventional MRI of the Thorax 38 MR-Guided Biopsy in the Abdomen 39 MR-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation of the Liver 40 MR-Guided Laser Ablation of the Liver 41 MR-Guided Cholecystostomy: Feasibility Studies 42 MR-Guided Therapy of the Prostate 43 MR-Guided Bone Biopsy 44 Vascular Interventional MRI