title: Interventional magnetic resonance imaging in the head and neck.
abstract: Interventional MRI is clearly in its early stages of development. While the value of MR-guided aspiration cytology and MR evaluation of deep electrode implantation in the brain has already been confirmed with human clinical studies, the future of MR-guided interstitial laser therapy remains to be proven. Despite this, as we look ahead into the 1990s and the millennium, it is possible to imagine dedicated MR laser therapy units for combined radiological and surgical outpatient approaches in what may become the operating rooms of the 21st century.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Lufkin
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Jabour
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Duckwiler
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Layfield
authors.forename: W N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Hanafee
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*