How to Perform a Routine Cryoablation Under MRI Guidance

Top Magn Reson Imaging. 2018 Feb;27(1):33-38. doi: 10.1097/RMR.0000000000000158.

Abstract

In the last decade, the spectrum of interventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided procedures, including percutaneous ablation, has substantially grown, and among the available MRI-compatible ablative techniques, cryoablation is progressively gaining a predominant position.The aim of the present narrative review is to discuss the technical requirements necessary to perform a percutaneous MRI-guided cryoablation in a closed-bore machine; to highlight the relative advantages and drawbacks; and to briefly summarize the results available in the literature.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cryosurgery / methods*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional / methods*