Sherif G. Nour,Jeffrey L. Duerk,Jamal J. Derakhshan
申请号：
US12423932
公开号：
US09480535B2
申请日:
2009.04.15
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with tracking an ablative device and monitoring an ablation produced by the ablative device are described. One example method includes acquiring a magnetic resonance (MR) image of an ablative device inserted in a body and selectively controlling positioning of the ablative device based, at least in part on the MR image. The MR image may be continuously provided in real-time by an interventional MR imaging apparatus programmed to image using a tri-orthogonal plane sequence. The method may also include acquiring an MR image of an ablation performed by the ablative device, and selectively controlling the ablative device based, at least in part, on the MR image. The MR image may also be provided by the IMRI apparatus operating according to a tri-orthogonal plane sequence. In one example, the ablation may treat hypopharyngeal obstructive sleep apnea by reducing tongue base volume.
