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Interstitial 1.06 Nd:YAG laser thermotherapy for brain tumors under real-time monitoring of MRI: experimental study and phase I clinical trial.

This paper presents the experimental and clinical results of interstitial 1.06 Nd:YAG laser thermotherapy (ILTT) for brain tumors under real-time monitoring by magnetic resonance imaging. The authors chose a laser heat source for interstitial thermotherapy of brain tumors for several important reasons: (1) Laser heat delivery is less complicated and more controlled; (2) laser effects on tissue can be tested, monitored, and controlled by MRI. A 1.064 nm Nd:YAG laser and a specially designed laser optic fiber (ILTT) were used in C.W. mode this study. The laser was used at 4 W at a C.W. mode pulse and total exposure duration was 10 minutes (total energy was 2400 joules). Temperature distribution was determined with a microprocessor-based thermometer and by the levels of the signal intensity under MRI. The relationship between the temperature and MRI signal intensity allowed exploration of the possibility of using MRI as a noninvasive temperature monitoring method. Two patients with glioblastoma and one patient with a brain metastasis were treated with this modality. The results and indications are presented and discussed.