title: MR-guided therapy. Applications in the abdomen.
abstract: This article provides an overview of current abdominal interventional applications that use MR imaging guidance and monitoring for diagnostic biopsies, tumor ablations and--owing to the development of new pulse sequences--monitoring the ablation process, and aspiration and drainage of fluid collections. These applications are optimal for patients with lesions that can be localized only by MR imaging or for lesions in suboptimal locations such as the dome of the liver.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Silverman
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Raman
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging