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2. Comparing national device-based physical activity surveillance systems: a systematic review
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Inge de Wolf, Anne Elevelt, Femke van Nassau, Vera Toepoel, Ellen de Hollander, Maaike E. Kompier, Annemieke Luiten, Barry Schouten, G. C. Wanda Wendel-Vos, and Hidde P. van der Ploeg
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Accelerometer ,Pedometer ,Physical activity ,Sedentary behaviour ,Surveillance ,Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases ,RC620-627 ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
Abstract Background Physical activity surveillance systems are important for public health monitoring but rely mostly on self-report measurement of physical activity. Integration of device-based measurements in such systems can improve population estimates, however this is still relatively uncommon in existing surveillance systems. This systematic review aims to create an overview of the methodology used in existing device-based national PA surveillance systems. Methods Four literature databases (PubMed, Embase.com, SPORTDiscus and Web of Science) were searched, supplemented with backward tracking. Articles were included if they reported on population-based (inter)national surveillance systems measuring PA, sedentary time and/or adherence to PA guidelines. When available and in English, the methodological reports of the identified surveillance studies were also included for data extraction. Results This systematic literature search followed the PRISMA guidelines and yielded 34 articles and an additional 18 methodological reports, reporting on 28 studies, which in turn reported on one or multiple waves of 15 different national and 1 international surveillance system. The included studies showed substantial variation between (waves of) systems in number of participants, response rates, population representativeness and recruitment. In contrast, the methods were similar on data reduction definitions (e.g. minimal number of valid days, non-wear time and necessary wear time for a valid day). Conclusions The results of this review indicate that few countries use device-based PA measurement in their surveillance system. The employed methodology is diverse, which hampers comparability between countries and calls for more standardized methods as well as standardized reporting on these methods. The results from this review can help inform the integration of device-based PA measurement in (inter)national surveillance systems.
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- 2024
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3. DNN Surrogate Towards Fast Ablation Zone Prediction in Thermal Ablation
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Baragona, Marco, Tokoutsi, Zoi, Elevelt, Aaldert, Magjarević, Ratko, Series Editor, Ładyżyński, Piotr, Associate Editor, Ibrahim, Fatimah, Associate Editor, Lackovic, Igor, Associate Editor, Rock, Emilio Sacristan, Associate Editor, Costin, Hariton-Nicolae, editor, and Petroiu, Gladiola Gabriela, editor
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- 2024
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4. Author Correction: First validation of a model-based hepatic percutaneous microwave ablation planning on a clinical dataset
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Frackowiak, Bruno, Van den Bosch, Vincent, Tokoutsi, Zoi, Baragona, Marco, de Greef, Martijn, Elevelt, Aaldert, and Isfort, Peter
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- 2023
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5. First validation of a model-based hepatic percutaneous microwave ablation planning on a clinical dataset
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Frackowiak, Bruno, Van den Bosch, Vincent, Tokoutsi, Zoi, Baragona, Marco, de Greef, Martijn, Elevelt, Aaldert, and Isfort, Peter
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- 2023
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6. First validation of a model-based hepatic percutaneous microwave ablation planning on a clinical dataset
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Bruno Frackowiak, Vincent Van den Bosch, Zoi Tokoutsi, Marco Baragona, Martijn de Greef, Aaldert Elevelt, and Peter Isfort
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Abstract A model-based planning tool, integrated in an imaging system, is envisioned for CT-guided percutaneous microwave ablation. This study aims to evaluate the biophysical model performance, by comparing its prediction retrospectively with the actual ablation ground truth from a clinical dataset in liver. The biophysical model uses a simplified formulation of heat deposition on the applicator and a heat sink related to vasculature to solve the bioheat equation. A performance metric is defined to assess how the planned ablation overlaps the actual ground truth. Results demonstrate superiority of this model prediction compared to manufacturer tabulated data and a significant influence of the vasculature cooling effect. Nevertheless, vasculature shortage due to branches occlusion and applicator misalignment due to registration error between scans affects the thermal prediction. With a more accurate vasculature segmentation, occlusion risk can be estimated, whereas branches can be used as liver landmarks to improve the registration accuracy. Overall, this study emphasizes the benefit of a model-based thermal ablation solution in better planning the ablation procedures. Contrast and registration protocols must be adapted to facilitate its integration into the clinical workflow.
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- 2023
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7. Spiral Blurring Correction with Water-Fat Separation for Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting in the Breast
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Nolte, Teresa, Gross-Weege, Nicolas, Doneva, Mariya, Koken, Peter, Elevelt, Aaldert, Truhn, Daniel, Kuhl, Christiane, and Schulz, Volkmar
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Physics - Medical Physics - Abstract
PURPOSE: Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) with spiral readout enables rapid quantification of tissue relaxation times. However, it is prone to blurring due to off-resonance effects. Hence, fat blurring into adjacent regions might prevent identification of small tumors by their quantitative T1 and T2 values. This study aims to correct for the blurring artifacts, thereby enabling fast quantitative mapping in the female breast. METHODS: The impact of fat blurring on spiral MRF results was first assessed by simulations. Then, MRF was combined with 3-point Dixon water-fat separation and spiral blurring correction based on conjugate phase reconstruction. The approach was assessed in phantom experiments and compared to Cartesian reference measurements, namely inversion recovery (IR), multi-echo spin echo (MESE) and Cartesian MRF, by normalized root mean square error (NRMSE) and standard deviation (STD) calculations. Feasibility is further demonstrated in-vivo for quantitative breast measurements of 6 healthy female volunteers, age range 24-31 years. RESULTS: In the phantom experiment, the blurring correction reduced the NRMSE per phantom vial on average from 16% to 8% for T1 and from 18% to 11% for T2 when comparing spiral MRF to IR/MESE sequences. When comparing to Cartesian MRF, the NRMSE reduced from 15% to 8% for T1 and from 12% to 7% for T2. Furthermore, STDs decreased. In-vivo, the blurring correction removed fat bias on T1/T2 from a rim of about 7-8 mm width adjacent to fatty structures. CONCLUSION: The blurring correction for spiral MRF yields improved quantitative maps in the presence of water and fat., Comment: Submitted to Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 13 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables
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- 2019
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8. Author Correction: First validation of a model-based hepatic percutaneous microwave ablation planning on a clinical dataset
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Bruno Frackowiak, Vincent Van den Bosch, Zoi Tokoutsi, Marco Baragona, Martijn de Greef, Aaldert Elevelt, and Peter Isfort
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Medicine ,Science - Published
- 2023
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9. HIFUpm: a Visual Environment to Plan and Monitor High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatments.
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Daniela Modena, Davide Bassano, Aaldert Elevelt, Marco Baragona, Peter A. J. Hilbers, and Michel A. Westenberg
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- 2019
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10. Squats in Surveys: Investigating the Feasibility of, Compliance With, and Respondents' Performance on Fitness Tasks in Self-Administered Smartphone Surveys Using Acceleration Data
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Anne Elevelt, Jan Karem Höhne, and Annelies G. Blom
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acceleration data ,compliance ,fitness task ,smartphone survey ,physical fitness measures ,SurveyMotion ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
Digital health data that accompany data from traditional surveys are becoming increasingly important in health-related research. For instance, smartphones have many built-in sensors, such as accelerometers that measure acceleration so that they offer many new research possibilities. Such acceleration data can be used as a more objective supplement to health and physical fitness measures (or survey questions). In this study, we therefore investigate respondents' compliance with and performance on fitness tasks in self-administered smartphone surveys. For this purpose, we use data from a cross-sectional study as well as a lab study in which we asked respondents to do squats (knee bends). We also employed a variety of questions on respondents' health and fitness level and additionally collected high-frequency acceleration data. Our results reveal that observed compliance is higher than hypothetical compliance. Respondents gave mainly health-related reasons for non-compliance. Respondents' health status positively affects compliance propensities. Finally, the results show that acceleration data of smartphones can be used to validate the compliance with and performance on fitness tasks. These findings indicate that asking respondents to conduct fitness tasks in self-administered smartphone surveys is a feasible endeavor for collecting more objective data on physical fitness levels.
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- 2021
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11. Model-based hepatic percutaneous microwaveablation planning. First validation on a clinical dataset
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Frackowiak, Bruno, primary, Bosch, Vincent Van den, additional, Tokoutsi, Zoi, additional, Baragona, Marco, additional, de Greef, Martijn, additional, Elevelt, Aaldert, additional, and Isfort, Peter, additional
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- 2023
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12. Doing a Time Use Survey on Smartphones Only: What Factors Predict Nonresponse at Different Stages of the Survey Process?
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Anne Elevelt, Peter Lugtig, and Vera Toepoel
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Smartphone survey ,nonresponse ,sensor data ,nonresponse bias ,consent bias ,time use research ,Social sciences (General) ,H1-99 - Abstract
The increasing use of smartphones opens up opportunities for novel ways of survey data collection, but also poses new challenges. Collecting more and different types of data means that studies can become increasingly intrusive. We risk over-asking participants, leading to nonresponse. This study documents nonresponse and nonresponse bias in a smartphone-only version of the Dutch Time Use Survey (TUS). Respondents from the Dutch LISS panel were asked to perform five sets of tasks to complete the whole TUS: 1) accept an invitation to participate in the study and install an app, 2) fill out a questionnaire on the web, 3) participate in the smartphone time use diary on their smartphone, 4) answer pop-up questions and 5) give permission to record sensor data (GPS locations and call data). Results show that 42.9% of invited panel members responded positively to the invitation to participate in a smartphone survey. However, only 28.9% of these willing panel members completed all stages of the study. Predictors of nonresponse are somewhat different at every stage. In addition, respondents who complete all smartphone tasks are different from groups who do not participate at some or any stage of the study. By using data collected in previous waves we show that nonresponse leads to nonresponse bias in estimates of time use. We conclude by discussing implications for using smartphone apps in survey research.
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- 2019
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13. Model-based hepatic percutaneous microwaveablation planning. First validation on a clinical dataset
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Bruno Frackowiak, Vincent Van den Bosch, Zoi Tokoutsi, Marco Baragona, Martijn de Greef, Aaldert Elevelt, and Peter Isfort
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A model-based planning tool, integrated in an imaging system, is envisioned for CT-guided percutaneous microwave ablation. This study aims to evaluate the biophysical model performance, by comparing its prediction retrospectively with the actualablation ground truth from a clinical data set in liver. The biophysical model uses a simplified formulation of heat depositionon the applicator and a heat sink related to vasculature to solve the bioheat equation. A performance metric is defined toassess how the planned ablation overlaps the actual ground truth. Results demonstrate superiority of this model predictioncompared to manufacturer tabulated data and a significant influence of the vasculature cooling effect. Nevertheless, vasculatureshortage due to branches occlusion and applicator misalignment due to registration error between scans affects the thermalprediction. With a more accurate vasculature segmentation, occlusion risk can be estimated, whereas branches can be usedas liver landmarks to improve the registration accuracy. Overall, this study emphasizes the benefit of a model-based thermalablation solution in better planning the ablation procedures. Contrast and registration protocols must be adapted to facilitate itsintegration into the clinical workflow.
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- 2023
14. Bone metastasis treatment using magnetic resonance-guided high intensity focused ultrasound
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Yeo, Sin Yuin, Elevelt, Aaldert, Donato, Katia, van Rietbergen, Bert, ter Hoeve, Natalie D., van Diest, Paul J., and Grüll, Holger
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- 2015
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15. Squats in Surveys: Investigating the Feasibility of, Compliance With, and Respondents' Performance on Fitness Tasks in Self-Administered Smartphone Surveys Using Acceleration Data
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Elevelt, Anne, primary, Höhne, Jan Karem, additional, and Blom, Annelies G., additional
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- 2021
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16. Study of flow effects on temperature‐controlled radiofrequency ablation using phantom experiments and forward simulations
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Nolte, Teresa, primary, Vaidya, Nikhil, additional, Baragona, Marco, additional, Elevelt, Aaldert, additional, Lavezzo, Valentina, additional, Maessen, Ralph, additional, Schulz, Volkmar, additional, and Veroy, Karen, additional
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- 2021
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17. Spiral blurring correction with water–fat separation for magnetic resonance fingerprinting in the breast
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Mariya Doneva, Peter Koken, Aaldert Jan Elevelt, Teresa Nolte, Volkmar Schulz, Christiane K. Kuhl, Nicolas Gross-Weege, and Daniel Truhn
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Adult ,Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ,genetic structures ,Breast imaging ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Inversion recovery ,Imaging phantom ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,ddc:610 ,Small tumors ,Spiral ,Physics ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Phantoms, Imaging ,Water ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Physics - Medical Physics ,3. Good health ,Spin echo ,Female ,Medical Physics (physics.med-ph) ,sense organs ,Algorithms ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Phase reconstruction ,Biomedical engineering - Abstract
PURPOSE: Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) with spiral readout enables rapid quantification of tissue relaxation times. However, it is prone to blurring due to off-resonance effects. Hence, fat blurring into adjacent regions might prevent identification of small tumors by their quantitative T1 and T2 values. This study aims to correct for the blurring artifacts, thereby enabling fast quantitative mapping in the female breast. METHODS: The impact of fat blurring on spiral MRF results was first assessed by simulations. Then, MRF was combined with 3-point Dixon water-fat separation and spiral blurring correction based on conjugate phase reconstruction. The approach was assessed in phantom experiments and compared to Cartesian reference measurements, namely inversion recovery (IR), multi-echo spin echo (MESE) and Cartesian MRF, by normalized root mean square error (NRMSE) and standard deviation (STD) calculations. Feasibility is further demonstrated in-vivo for quantitative breast measurements of 6 healthy female volunteers, age range 24-31 years. RESULTS: In the phantom experiment, the blurring correction reduced the NRMSE per phantom vial on average from 16% to 8% for T1 and from 18% to 11% for T2 when comparing spiral MRF to IR/MESE sequences. When comparing to Cartesian MRF, the NRMSE reduced from 15% to 8% for T1 and from 12% to 7% for T2. Furthermore, STDs decreased. In-vivo, the blurring correction removed fat bias on T1/T2 from a rim of about 7-8 mm width adjacent to fatty structures. CONCLUSION: The blurring correction for spiral MRF yields improved quantitative maps in the presence of water and fat., Submitted to Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 13 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables
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- 2019
18. Smart(phone) Surveys
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Anne Elevelt, Heijden, P.G.M. van der, Lugtig, P.J., Toepoel, V., and University Utrecht
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Survey methodology ,Smart phone ,business.industry ,Computer science ,Telecommunications ,business ,smartphone survey ,sensor data ,(research) apps ,nonresponse ,measurement error ,Total Survey Error Framework ,survey methodology - Abstract
Smartphones have a large potential for improving data collection by using research apps and collecting sensor data. This brings opportunities to enhance or extend measurement and to simplify the response task for respondents. Sensor data can (partly) replace survey questions, and these sensors potentially generate better data than respondents can provide themselves. This seems very promising, but many methodological questions arise related to representation and measurement in smartphone surveys; are respondent willing and able to participate and share sensor data, and how useful are the additional data collected via sensors and apps? In this dissertation we investigated the effect of smartphone surveys in terms of reducing (or enlarging) error components. These errors can be divided into errors in the measurement and the representation. In Chapter 2 we perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate how to improve the effectiveness of the consent to data linkage question. In Chapter 3 we study nonresponse and nonresponse bias in the smartphone-only version of the Dutch Time Use Survey (TUS). In Chapter 4 we focus on measurement error when collecting GPS data in a smartphone survey. In Chapter 5 we investigate both representation and measurement in an innovative and experimental study on the use of sensor data in fitness and health research.
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19. Supplemental Material, Elevelt_Online_Appendix_A - Where You at? Using GPS Locations in an Electronic Time Use Diary Study to Derive Functional Locations
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Elevelt, A., Bernasco, W., Lugtig, P., Ruiter, B. M. S., and Toepoel, V.
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Sociology ,Science Policy ,FOS: Sociology - Abstract
Supplemental Material, Elevelt_Online_Appendix_A for Where You at? Using GPS Locations in an Electronic Time Use Diary Study to Derive Functional Locations by A. Elevelt, W. Bernasco, P. Lugtig, B. M. S. Ruiter and V. Toepoel in Social Science Computer Review
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- 2021
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20. Where You at? Using GPS Locations in an Electronic Time Use Diary Study to Derive Functional Locations
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Leerstoel Heijden, Leerstoel Lippe, Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences, Social Networks, Solidarity and Inequality, Elevelt, A., Bernasco, Wim, Lugtig, P.J., Ruiter, S., Toepoel, V., Leerstoel Heijden, Leerstoel Lippe, Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences, Social Networks, Solidarity and Inequality, Elevelt, A., Bernasco, Wim, Lugtig, P.J., Ruiter, S., and Toepoel, V.
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- 2021
21. Study of flow effects on temperature-controlled radiofrequency ablation using phantom experiments and forward simulations
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Nolte, Teresa, Vaidya, Nikhil, Baragona, Marco, Elevelt, Aaldert, Lavezzo, Valentina, Maessen, Ralph, Schulz, Volkmar, Veroy, Karen, Nolte, Teresa, Vaidya, Nikhil, Baragona, Marco, Elevelt, Aaldert, Lavezzo, Valentina, Maessen, Ralph, Schulz, Volkmar, and Veroy, Karen
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Purpose: Blood flow is known to add variability to hepatic radiofrequency ablation (RFA) treatment outcomes. However, few studies exist on its impact on temperature-controlled RFA. Hence, we investigate large-scale blood flow effects on temperature-controlled RFA in flow channel experiments and numerical simulations. Methods: Ablation zones were induced in tissue-mimicking, thermochromic phantoms with a single flow channel, using an RF generator with temperature-controlled power delivery and a monopolar needle electrode. Channels were generated by molding the phantom around a removable rod. Channel radius and saline flow rate were varied to study the impact of flow on (i) the ablated cross-sectional area, (ii) the delivered generator power, and (iii) the occurrence of directional effects on the thermal lesion. Finite volume simulations reproducing the experimental geometry, flow conditions, and generator power input were conducted and compared to the experimental ablation outcomes. Results: Vessels of different channel radii (Formula presented.) affected the ablation outcome in different ways. For (Formula presented.) mm, the ablated area decreased with increasing flow rate while the energy input was hardly affected. For (Formula presented.) mm and (Formula presented.) mm, the energy input increased toward larger flow rates; for these radii, the ablated area decreased and increased toward larger flow rates, respectively, while still being reduced overall as compared to the reference experiment without flow. Directional effects, that is, local shrinking of the lesion upstream of the needle and an extension thereof downstream, were observed only for the smallest radius. The simulations qualitatively confirmed these observations. As compared to performing the simulations without flow, including flow effects in the simulations reduced the mean absolute error between experimental and simulated ablated areas from 0.23 to 0.12. Conclusion: While the temperature control
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- 2021
22. Smart(phone) Surveys
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Heijden, P.G.M. van der, Lugtig, P.J., Toepoel, V., Elevelt, Anne, Heijden, P.G.M. van der, Lugtig, P.J., Toepoel, V., and Elevelt, Anne
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- 2021
23. Retracted: Gaussian process filtering of auditory textures
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Elevelt, Bram, Schlegel, Noah, and Englitz, Bernhard
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Computational Neuroscience ,Data analysis, machine learning, neuroinformatics - Abstract
This abstract has been retracted at the request of the authors on May 19, 2021
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- 2020
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24. Adapting Surveys to the Modern World
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Toepoel, Vera, Lugtig, Peter, Struminskaya, Bella, Elevelt, Anne, Haan, Marieke, Leerstoel Heijden, Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences, Sociology/ICS, Leerstoel Heijden, and Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences
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media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Applied psychology ,050801 communication & media studies ,Survey research ,0506 political science ,Mobile survey ,0508 media and communications ,Display size ,Order (business) ,Data quality ,Respondent ,050602 political science & public administration ,Quality (business) ,Psychology ,media_common - Abstract
Online surveys are increasingly completed on smartphones. There are several ways to structure online surveys so as to create an optimal experience for any screen size. For example, communicating through applications (apps) such as WhatsApp and Snapchat closely resembles natural turn-by-turn conversations between individuals. Web surveys currently mimic the design of paper questionnaires mostly, leading to a survey experience that may not be optimal when completed on smartphones. In this paper, we compare a research messenger design, which mimics a messenger app type of communication, to a responsive survey design. We investigate whether response quality is similar between the two designs and whether respondents’ satisfaction with the survey is higher for either version. Our results show no differences for primacy effects, number of nonsubstantive answers, and dropout rate. The length of open-ended answers was shorter for the research messenger survey compared to the responsive design, and the overall time of completion was longer in the research messenger survey. The evaluation at the end of the survey showed no clear indication that respondents liked the research messenger survey more than the responsive design. Future research should focus on how to optimally design online mixed-device surveys in order to increase respondent satisfaction and data quality.
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- 2020
25. Adapting surveys to the modern world: Comparing a research messenger design to a regular responsive design for online surveys
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Leerstoel Heijden, Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences, Toepoel, Vera, Lugtig, Peter, Struminskaya, Bella, Elevelt, Anne, Haan, Marieke, Leerstoel Heijden, Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences, Toepoel, Vera, Lugtig, Peter, Struminskaya, Bella, Elevelt, Anne, and Haan, Marieke
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- 2020
26. Doing a Time Use Survey on Smartphones Only: What Factors Predict Nonresponse at Different Stages of the Survey Process?
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Elevelt, Anne, Lugtig, Peter, Toepoel, Vera, Elevelt, Anne, Lugtig, Peter, and Toepoel, Vera
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The increasing use of smartphones opens up opportunities for novel ways of survey data collection, but also poses new challenges. Collecting more and different types of data means that studies can become increasingly intrusive. We risk over-asking participants, leading to nonresponse. This study documents nonresponse and nonresponse bias in a smartphone-only version of the Dutch Time Use Survey (TUS). Respondents from the Dutch LISS panel were asked to perform five sets of tasks to complete the whole TUS: 1) accept an invitation to participate in the study and install an app, 2) fill out a questionnaire on the web, 3) participate in the smartphone time use diary on their smartphone, 4) answer pop-up questions and 5) give permission to record sensor data (GPS locations and call data). Results show that 42.9% of invited panel members responded positively to the invitation to participate in a smartphone survey. However, only 28.9% of these willing panel members completed all stages of the study. Predictors of nonresponse are somewhat different at every stage. In addition, respondents who complete all smartphone tasks are different from groups who do not participate at some or any stage of the study. By using data collected in previous waves we show that nonresponse leads to nonresponse bias in estimates of time use. We conclude by discussing implications for using smartphone apps in survey research.
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- 2020
27. Study of flow effects on temperature-controlled radio-frequency ablation using phantom experiments and forward simulations
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Nolte, Teresa, primary, Vaidya, Nikhil, additional, Baragona, Marco, additional, Elevelt, Aaldert, additional, Lavezzo, Valentina, additional, Maessen, Ralph, additional, Schulz, Volkmar, additional, and Veroy, Karen, additional
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- 2020
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28. Where You at? Using GPS Locations in an Electronic Time Use Diary Study to Derive Functional Locations
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Elevelt, A., Bernasco, Wim, Lugtig, P.J., Ruiter, S., Toepoel, V., Leerstoel Heijden, Leerstoel Lippe, Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences, Social Networks, Solidarity and Inequality, Spatial Economics, Leerstoel Heijden, Leerstoel Lippe, Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences, and Social Networks, Solidarity and Inequality
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Computer science ,Real-time computing ,time use survey ,Social Sciences(all) ,Context (language use) ,Library and Information Sciences ,0502 economics and business ,0505 law ,Location data ,GPS coordinates ,050210 logistics & transportation ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,General Social Sciences ,smartphone survey ,location tracking ,sensor data ,Computer Science Applications ,Time-use survey ,050501 criminology ,Global Positioning System ,Geographic coordinate system ,business ,Location tracking ,Law - Abstract
Smartphones enable passive collection of sensor data alongside survey participation. Location data add context to people’s reports about their time use. In addition, linking global positioning system data to self-reported time use surveys (TUSs) can be valuable for understanding how people spend their time. This article investigates whether and how passive collection of geographical locations (coordinates) proves useful for deriving respondents’ functional locations. Participants of the ongoing Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in the Netherlands were invited to participate in a TUS administered with a smartphone app that also unobtrusively tracked respondents’ locations. Respondents reported their activities per 10-min interval in a smartphone diary app ( n = 1,339) and shared their geographical location data ( n = 1,264). The correspondence between the functional locations derived from the time use data and those derived from the geographical location data was assessed by calculating the percentage of intervals in which both measures are similar. Overall, results show that home locations can be automatically assigned reliably but that respondent information is required to reliably assign work or school locations. In addition, location tracking data contain many measurement errors, making it difficult to record valid locations. Multilevel models show that the variability in correct classifications is intrapersonal and largely predicted by phone type, which determines location measurement frequency.
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- 2019
29. Doing a Time Use Survey on Smartphones Only: What Factors Predict Nonresponse at Different Stages of the Survey Process?
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Elevelt, A., Lugtig, P.J., Toepoel, V., Leerstoel Heijden, Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences, Leerstoel Heijden, and Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences
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cell phone ,Online-Befragung ,Umfrageforschung ,050801 communication & media studies ,Antwortverhalten ,time use research ,Zeitbudget ,0508 media and communications ,nonresponse ,survey research ,050602 political science & public administration ,Messung ,data quality ,response behavior ,Datengewinnung ,Social sciences, sociology, anthropology ,time budget ,Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften ,Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ,Smartphone survey ,sensor data ,nonresponse bias ,consent bias ,Datenqualität ,05 social sciences ,Mobiltelefon ,smartphone survey ,0506 political science ,data capture ,Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods ,ddc:300 ,online survey ,measurement - Abstract
The increasing use of smartphones opens up opportunities for novel ways of survey data collection, but also poses new challenges. Collecting more and different types of data means that studies can become increasingly intrusive. We risk over-asking participants, leading to nonresponse. This study documents nonresponse and nonresponse bias in a smartphone-only version of the Dutch Time Use Survey (TUS). Respondents from the Dutch LISS panel were asked to perform five sets of tasks to complete the whole TUS: 1) accept an invitation to participate in the study and install an app, 2) fill out a questionnaire on the web, 3) participate in the smartphone time use diary on their smartphone, 4) answer pop-up questions and 5) give permission to record sensor data (GPS locations and call data). Results show that 42.9% of invited panel members responded positively to the invitation to participate in a smartphone survey. However, only 28.9% of these willing panel members completed all stages of the study. Predictors of nonresponse are somewhat different at every stage. In addition, respondents who complete all smartphone tasks are different from groups who do not participate at some or any stage of the study. By using data collected in previous waves we show that nonresponse leads to nonresponse bias in estimates of time use. We conclude by discussing implications for using smartphone apps in survey research., Survey Research Methods, Vol 13 No 2 (2019)
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30. HIFUpm: a Visual Environment to Plan and Monitor High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatments
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Modena, Daniela, Bassano, Davide, Elevelt, Aaldert, Baragona, Marco, Hilbers, Peter A. J., and Westenberg, Michel A.
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High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) is a non invasive therapeutic method, which has been a subject of interest for the treatment of various kinds of tumors. Despite the numerous advantages, HIFU techniques do not reach the high delivery precision like other therapies (e.g., radiotherapy). For this reason, a correct therapy planning and monitoring in HIFU treatments remains a challenge. We propose HIFUpm, a visual analytics approach which enables the visualization of the HIFU simulation results, while guiding the user in the evaluation of the procedure. We illustrate the use of HIFUpm for an ablative treatment of an osteoid osteoma. This use case demonstrates that HIFUpm provides a flexible visual environment to plan and monitor HIFU procedures., Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, Animation, Tracking, and Simulations, 207, 211, Daniela Modena, Davide Bassano, Aaldert Elevelt, Marco Baragona, Peter A. J. Hilbers, and Michel A. Westenberg
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- 2019
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31. Doing a Time Use Survey on Smartphones Only: What Factors Predict Nonresponse at Different Stages of the Survey Process?
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Leerstoel Heijden, Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences, Elevelt, A., Lugtig, P.J., Toepoel, V., Leerstoel Heijden, Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences, Elevelt, A., Lugtig, P.J., and Toepoel, V.
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- 2019
32. Where You at? Using GPS Locations in an Electronic Time Use Diary Study to Derive Functional Locations.
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Elevelt, A., Bernasco, W., Lugtig, P., Ruiter, S., and Toepoel, V.
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TIME management , *GLOBAL Positioning System , *CHILDREN of immigrants , *SMARTPHONES , *IMMIGRANT children - Abstract
Smartphones enable passive collection of sensor data alongside survey participation. Location data add context to people's reports about their time use. In addition, linking global positioning system data to self-reported time use surveys (TUSs) can be valuable for understanding how people spend their time. This article investigates whether and how passive collection of geographical locations (coordinates) proves useful for deriving respondents' functional locations. Participants of the ongoing Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in the Netherlands were invited to participate in a TUS administered with a smartphone app that also unobtrusively tracked respondents' locations. Respondents reported their activities per 10-min interval in a smartphone diary app (n = 1,339) and shared their geographical location data (n = 1,264). The correspondence between the functional locations derived from the time use data and those derived from the geographical location data was assessed by calculating the percentage of intervals in which both measures are similar. Overall, results show that home locations can be automatically assigned reliably but that respondent information is required to reliably assign work or school locations. In addition, location tracking data contain many measurement errors, making it difficult to record valid locations. Multilevel models show that the variability in correct classifications is intrapersonal and largely predicted by phone type, which determines location measurement frequency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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33. Modelling the temperature evolution of bone under high intensity focused ultrasound
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Daniela Modena, van Jh Wijk, Dragan Bošnački, Holger Grüll, van Evm Edmond Dijk, ten Hmm Huub Eikelder, Sy Sin Yuin Yeo, A Di Tullio, Aaldert Jan Elevelt, Bjt Boris Breuer, Katia Donato, Computational Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Mathematics and Computer Science
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Shear waves ,Hot Temperature ,Materials science ,shear waves ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Bone Neoplasms ,Thermometry ,Bone tissue ,SDG 3 – Goede gezondheid en welzijn ,Imaging phantom ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,modelling ,Sonication ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Temperature control ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,business.industry ,Ultrasound ,temperature evolution ,Bone metastasis ,bone cancer ,Anatomy ,HIFU ,medicine.disease ,Ablation ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,High-intensity focused ultrasound ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation ,business ,Biomedical engineering - Abstract
Magnetic resonance-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (MR-HIFU) has been clinically shown to be effective for palliative pain management in patients suffering from skeletal metastasis. The underlying mechanism is supposed to be periosteal denervation caused by ablative temperatures reached through ultrasound heating of the cortex. The challenge is exact temperature control during sonication as MR-based thermometry approaches for bone tissue are currently not available. Thus, in contrast to the MR-HIFU ablation of soft tissue, a thermometry feedback to the HIFU is lacking, and the treatment of bone metastasis is entirely based on temperature information acquired in the soft tissue adjacent to the bone surface. However, heating of the adjacent tissue depends on the exact sonication protocol and requires extensive modelling to estimate the actual temperature of the cortex. Here we develop a computational model to calculate the spatial temperature evolution in bone and the adjacent tissue during sonication. First, a ray-tracing technique is used to compute the heat production in each spatial point serving as a source term for the second part, where the actual temperature is calculated as a function of space and time by solving the Pennes bio-heat equation. Importantly, our model includes shear waves that arise at the bone interface as well as all geometrical considerations of transducer and bone geometry. The model was compared with a theoretical approach based on the far field approximation and an MR-HIFU experiment using a bone phantom. Furthermore, we investigated the contribution of shear waves to the heat production and resulting temperatures in bone. The temperature evolution predicted by our model was in accordance with the far field approximation and agreed well with the experimental data obtained in phantoms. Our model allows the simulation of the HIFU treatments of bone metastasis in patients and can be extended to a planning tool prior to MR-HIFU treatments.
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34. Spiral blurring correction with water–fat separation for magnetic resonance fingerprinting in the breast
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Nolte, Teresa, primary, Gross‐Weege, Nicolas, additional, Doneva, Mariya, additional, Koken, Peter, additional, Elevelt, Aaldert, additional, Truhn, Daniel, additional, Kuhl, Christiane, additional, and Schulz, Volkmar, additional
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35. Modeling the interference between shear and longitudinal waves under high intensity focused ultrasound propagation in bone
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Modena, D, primary, Baragona, M, additional, Bošnački, D, additional, Breuer, B J T, additional, Elevelt, A, additional, Maessen, R T H, additional, Hilbers, P A J, additional, and ten Eikelder, H M M, additional
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- 2018
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36. Bone metastasis treatment using magnetic resonance-guided high intensity focused ultrasound
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Natalie D. ter Hoeve, Aaldert Jan Elevelt, Sin Yuin Yeo, Holger Grüll, Bert van Rietbergen, Katia Donato, Paul J. van Diest, and Orthopaedic Biomechanics
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Palliative care ,Histology ,Focused ultrasound ,Physiology ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Palliative treatment ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Bone Neoplasms ,Technetium Tc 99m Medronate ,Research Support ,SDG 3 – Goede gezondheid en welzijn ,Bone remodeling ,Prostate cancer ,Endocrinology ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,Cell Line, Tumor ,Bone cell ,Evaluation Studies ,medicine ,Journal Article ,Animals ,Humans ,Pain Management ,Non-U.S. Gov't ,Bone pain ,Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Bone metastases ,Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ,Palliative Care ,Bone metastasis ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,Neoplasms, Experimental ,X-Ray Microtomography ,HIFU ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,High-intensity focused ultrasound ,Rats ,Diabetes and Metabolism ,High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation ,Radiology ,Bone Remodeling ,medicine.symptom ,Radiopharmaceuticals ,business - Abstract
Objectives: Bone pain resulting from cancer metastases reduces a patient's quality of life. Magnetic Resonance-guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MR-HIFU) is a promising alternative palliative thermal treatment technique for bone metastases that has been tested in a few clinical studies. Here, we describe a comprehensive pre-clinical study to investigate the effects, and efficacy of MR-HIFU ablation for the palliative treatment of osteoblastic bone metastases in rats. Materials and methods: Prostate cancer cells (MATLyLu) were injected intra-osseously in Copenhagen rats. Upon detection of pain, as determined with a dynamic weight bearing (DWB) system, a MR-HIFU system was used to thermally ablate the bone region with tumor. Treatment effect and efficacy were assessed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with technetium-99m medronate (99mTc-MDP), micro-computed tomography (μCT) and histology. Results: DWB analysis demonstrated that MR-HIFU-treated animals retained 58.6±20.4% of limb usage as compared to 2.6±6.3% in untreated animals (P=0.003). MR-HIFU delayed tumor specific growth rates (SGR) from 29±6 to 13±5%/day (P3) had a greater accumulation of 99mTc-MDP than HIFU-treated animals (127.0±42.7mm3, P=0.004). The total bone volume increase for untreated and HIFU-treated animals was 15.6±9.6% and 3.0±4.1% (P=0.004), respectively. Histological analysis showed ablation of nerve fibers, tumor, inflammatory and bone cells. Conclusions: Our study provides a detailed characterization of the effects of MR-HIFU treatment on bone metastases, and provides fundamental data, which may motivate and advance its use in the clinical treatment of painful bone metastases with MR-HIFU.
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37. Modeling the interference between shear and longitudinal waves under high intensity focused ultrasound propagation in bone
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Modena, D., Baragona, M., Bošnački, D., Breuer, B. J.T., Elevelt, A., Maessen, R. T.H., Hilbers, P. A.J., ten Eikelder, H. M.M., Modena, D., Baragona, M., Bošnački, D., Breuer, B. J.T., Elevelt, A., Maessen, R. T.H., Hilbers, P. A.J., and ten Eikelder, H. M.M.
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Magnetic resonance-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (MR-HIFU) is a noninvasive thermal technique that enables rapid heating of a specific area in the human body. Its clinical relevance has been proven for the treatments of soft tissue tumors, like uterine fibroids, and for the treatments of solid tumors in bone. In MR-HIFU treatment, MR-thermometry is used to monitor the temperature evolution in soft tissue. However, this technique is currently unavailable for bone tissue. Computer models can play a key role in the accurate prediction and monitoring of temperature. Here, we present a computer ray tracing model that calculates the heat production density in the focal region. This model accounts for both the propagation of shear waves and the interference between longitudinal and shear waves. The model was first compared with a finite element approach which solves the Helmholtz equation in soft tissue and the frequency-domain wave equation in bone. To obtain the temperature evolution in the focal region, the heat equation was solved using the heat production density generated by the raytracer as a heat source. Then, we investigated the role of the interaction between shear and longitudinal waves in terms of dissipated power and temperature output. The results of our model were in agreement with the results obtained by solving the Helmholtz equation and the frequency-domain wave equation, both in soft tissue and bone. Our results suggest that it is imperative to include both shear waves and their interference with longitudinal waves in the model when simulating high intensity focused ultrasound propagation in solids. In fact, when modeling HIFU treatments, omitting the interference between shear and longitudinal waves leads to an over-estimation of the temperature increase in the tissues.
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- 2018
38. Modeling the interference between shear and longitudinal waves under high intensity focused ultrasound propagation in bone
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Peter A. J. Hilbers, H.M.M. ten Eikelder, Ralph Maessen, Daniela Modena, Dragan Bošnački, Aaldert Jan Elevelt, Marco Baragona, Bjt Boris Breuer, and Computational Biology
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Ray Tracing ,Shear waves ,Hot Temperature ,Materials science ,Helmholtz equation ,Quantitative Biology::Tissues and Organs ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Physics::Medical Physics ,interference ,Bone tissue ,bone ,High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation/methods ,Bone and Bones ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,thermal ablation ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Computer Simulation ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Ultrasonic Waves/adverse effects ,acoustics ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,Bone and Bones/diagnostic imaging ,Mechanics ,Wave equation ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,High-intensity focused ultrasound ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Ultrasonic Waves ,Shear (geology) ,shear wave propagation ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,high intensity focused ultrasound ,High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation ,Heat equation ,Longitudinal wave - Abstract
Magnetic resonance-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (MR-HIFU) is a noninvasive thermal technique that enables rapid heating of a specific area in the human body. Its clinical relevance has been proven for the treatments of soft tissue tumors, like uterine fibroids, and for the treatments of solid tumors in bone. In MR-HIFU treatment, MR-thermometry is used to monitor the temperature evolution in soft tissue. However, this technique is currently unavailable for bone tissue. Computer models can play a key role in the accurate prediction and monitoring of temperature. Here, we present a computer ray tracing model that calculates the heat production density in the focal region. This model accounts for both the propagation of shear waves and the interference between longitudinal and shear waves. The model was first compared with a finite element approach which solves the Helmholtz equation in soft tissue and the frequency-domain wave equation in bone. To obtain the temperature evolution in the focal region, the heat equation was solved using the heat production density generated by the raytracer as a heat source. Then, we investigated the role of the interaction between shear and longitudinal waves in terms of dissipated power and temperature output. The results of our model were in agreement with the results obtained by solving the Helmholtz equation and the frequency-domain wave equation, both in soft tissue and bone. Our results suggest that it is imperative to include both shear waves and their interference with longitudinal waves in the model when simulating high intensity focused ultrasound propagation in solids. In fact, when modeling HIFU treatments, omitting the interference between shear and longitudinal waves leads to an over-estimation of the temperature increase in the tissues.
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- 2018
39. Spiral blurring correction with water–fat separation for magnetic resonance fingerprinting in the breast.
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Nolte, Teresa, Gross‐Weege, Nicolas, Doneva, Mariya, Koken, Peter, Elevelt, Aaldert, Truhn, Daniel, Kuhl, Christiane, and Schulz, Volkmar
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MAGNETIC resonance ,MAGNETIC separation ,BREAST ,RESOURCE recovery facilities ,FAT - Abstract
Purpose: Magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) with spiral readout enables rapid quantification of tissue relaxation times. However, it is prone to blurring because of off‐resonance effects. Hence, fat blurring into adjacent regions might prevent identification of small tumors by their quantitative T1 and T2 values. This study aims to correct for the blurring artifacts, thereby enabling fast quantitative mapping in the female breast. Methods: The impact of fat blurring on spiral MRF results was first assessed by simulations. Then, MRF was combined with 3‐point Dixon water–fat separation and spiral blurring correction based on conjugate phase reconstruction. The approach was assessed in phantom experiments and compared to Cartesian reference measurements, namely inversion recovery (IR), multi‐echo spin echo (MESE), and Cartesian MRF, by normalized root‐mean‐square error (NRMSE) and SD calculations. Feasibility is further demonstrated in vivo for quantitative breast measurements of 6 healthy female volunteers, age range 24–31 y. Results: In the phantom experiment, the blurring correction reduced the NRMSE per phantom vial on average from 16% to 8% for T1 and from 18% to 11% for T2 when comparing spiral MRF to IR/MESE sequences. When comparing to Cartesian MRF, the NRMSE reduced from 15% to 8% for T1 and from 12% to 7% for T2. Furthermore, SDs decreased. In vivo, the blurring correction removed fat bias on T1/T2 from a rim of ~7–8 mm width adjacent to fatty structures. Conclusion: The blurring correction for spiral MRF yields improved quantitative maps in the presence of water and fat. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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40. Magnetic resonance guided high-intensity focused ultrasound mediated hyperthermia improves the intratumoral distribution of temperature-sensitive liposomal doxorubicin
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Edwin Heijman, Ph Philippe Lambin, NM Nicole Hijnen, Holger Grüll, Aaldert Jan Elevelt, Sander Langereis, Ludwig Dubois, Mariska de Smet, RS: GROW - R3 - Innovative Cancer Diagnostics & Therapy, Radiotherapie, and RS: GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction
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Hyperthermia ,Materials science ,Liposomal Doxorubicin ,medicine.medical_treatment ,doxorubicin ,Focused ultrasound ,Polyethylene Glycols ,Cell Line, Tumor ,Rhabdomyosarcoma ,medicine ,Distribution (pharmacology) ,Animals ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Doxorubicin ,Tissue Distribution ,Liposome ,Antibiotics, Antineoplastic ,temperature-sensitive liposomes ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,high-intensity ,Temperature ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,hyperthermia ,Combined Modality Therapy ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,High-intensity focused ultrasound ,Rats ,Treatment Outcome ,Surgery, Computer-Assisted ,Delayed-Action Preparations ,High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation ,focused ultrasound ,Female ,intratumoral distribution ,medicine.drug ,Biomedical engineering - Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the intratumoral distribution of a temperature-sensitive liposomal carrier and its encapsulated compounds, doxorubicin, and a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging contrast agent after high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)-mediated hyperthermia-induced local drug release. Materials and Methods: In-111-labeled temperature-sensitive liposomes encapsulating doxorubicin and [Gd(HPDO3A) (H2O)] were injected intravenously in the tail vein of rats (n = 12) bearing a subcutaneous rhabdomyosarcoma tumor on the hind leg. Immediately after the injection, local tumor hyperthermia (2 x 15 minutes) was applied using a clinical 3 T MR-HIFU system. Release of [Gd(HPDO3A) (H2O)] was studied in vivo by measuring the longitudinal relaxation rate R-1 with MR imaging. The presence of the liposomal carriers and the intratumoral distribution of doxorubicin were imaged ex vivo with autoradiography and fluorescence microscopy, respectively, for 2 different time points after injection (90 minutes and 48 hours). Results: In hyperthermia-treated tumors, radiolabeled liposomes were distributed more homogeneously across the tumor than in the control tumors (coefficient of variation(hyp, 90 min) = 0.7 +/- 0.2; coefficient of variation(cntrl, 90 min) = 1.1 +/- 0.2). At 48 hours after injection, the liposomal accumulation in the tumor was enhanced in the hyperthermia group in comparison with the controls. A change in R-1 was observed in the HIFU-treated tumors, suggesting release of the contrast agent. Fluorescence images showed perivascular doxorubicin in control tumors, whereas in the HIFU-treated tumors, the delivered drug was spread over a much larger area and also taken up by tumor cells at a larger distance from blood vessels. Conclusions: Treatment with HIFU hyperthermia not only improved the immediate drug delivery, bioavailability, and intratumoral distribution but also enhanced liposomal accumulation over time. The sum of these effects may have a significant contribution to the therapeutic outcome.
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- 2013
41. Subsistence and social stratification in Northern Ionic Calabria from the Middle Bronze Age until the Early Iron Age:the archaeozoological evidence
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Elevelt, Stefan Christiaan, Elevelt, Stefan Christiaan, Elevelt, Stefan Christiaan, and Elevelt, Stefan Christiaan
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Stefan Elevelts onderzoek heeft als doel de bestaanseconomieën te reconstrueren van drie nederzettingen in de Sibaritide, Zuid-Italië, van de midden-bronstijd tot de vroege ijzertijd (ca. 1700 - 700 v.Chr.). In deze dissertatie worden de relaties tussen strategieën van exploitatie van diersoorten en andere economische activiteiten, waarbij rekening wordt gehouden met factoren als nederzettingsuitbreiding, populatiegroei en het productief potentieel van territoria van sites. Verder wordt de rol van zowel gedomesticeerde als wilde dieren binnen een gemeenschap vanuit een sociaal perspectief onderzocht. Centraal in dit onderzoek staan een aantal archeozoölogische datasets van drie sites in de Sibaritide: Broglio di Trebisacce, Timpone della Motta en Torre Mordillo. Twee case-studies uit Apulië (Coppa Nevigata en Rocavecchia) worden gepresenteerd om de toepasbaarheid van de veranderingen in subsistentie-strategieën voorgesteld voor de Sibaritide te evalueren.
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- 2012
42. The faunal remains of Broglio di Trebisacce (southern Italy)
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Elevelt, S., Elevelt, S., Tagliacozzo, A., Elevelt, S., Elevelt, S., and Tagliacozzo, A.
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The article presents an interpretation of a faunal complex from a Middle Bronze Age context in southern Italy. The excavation area ‘Sector 10’ of Broglio di Trebisacce has yielded a substantial number of animal bone remains attributable to three distinct sub-phases. On the basis of the archaeozoological analysis the organisation of the household economy and the role of the various domesticated and wild animal species found at the site are reconstructed, and an analysis is made of how the subsistence economy at Broglio changed between the different phases. This evidence is compared with that of two nearby settlements, whose archaeozoological data was previously published.
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- 2010
43. Aan de grenzen van het meetbare: De methodologische kwaliteit van internationale studies naar de omvang van aan prostitutie gerelateerde mensenhandel met nadruk op Noordwest Europa
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Leerstoel Heijden, Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences, Lensvelt-Mulders, G.J.L.M., Lugtig, P.J., Elevelt, A., Bos, Pien, helms, Anne, Leerstoel Heijden, Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences, Lensvelt-Mulders, G.J.L.M., Lugtig, P.J., Elevelt, A., Bos, Pien, and helms, Anne
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- 2016
44. Modelling the temperature evolution of bone under high intensity focused ultrasound
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ten Eikelder, H.M.M., Bosnacki, D., Elevelt, A., Donato, K., Di Tullio, A., Breuer, B.J.T., van Wijk, J.H., van Dijk, E.V.M., Modena, D., Yeo, S.Y., Grull, H., ten Eikelder, H.M.M., Bosnacki, D., Elevelt, A., Donato, K., Di Tullio, A., Breuer, B.J.T., van Wijk, J.H., van Dijk, E.V.M., Modena, D., Yeo, S.Y., and Grull, H.
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Magnetic resonance-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (MR-HIFU) has been clinically shown to be effective for palliative pain management in patients suffering from skeletal metastasis. The underlying mechanism is supposed to be periosteal denervation caused by ablative temperatures reached through ultrasound heating of the cortex. The challenge is exact temperature control during sonication as MR-based thermometry approaches for bone tissue are currently not available. Thus, in contrast to the MR-HIFU ablation of soft tissue, a thermometry feedback to the HIFU is lacking, and the treatment of bone metastasis is entirely based on temperature information acquired in the soft tissue adjacent to the bone surface. However, heating of the adjacent tissue depends on the exact sonication protocol and requires extensive modelling to estimate the actual temperature of the cortex. Here we develop a computational model to calculate the spatial temperature evolution in bone and the adjacent tissue during sonication. First, a ray-tracing technique is used to compute the heat production in each spatial point serving as a source term for the second part, where the actual temperature is calculated as a function of space and time by solving the Pennes bio-heat equation. Importantly, our model includes shear waves that arise at the bone interface as well as all geometrical considerations of transducer and bone geometry. The model was compared with a theoretical approach based on the far field approximation and an MR-HIFU experiment using a bone phantom. Furthermore, we investigated the contribution of shear waves to the heat production and resulting temperatures in bone. The temperature evolution predicted by our model was in accordance with the far field approximation and agreed well with the experimental data obtained in phantoms. Our model allows the simulation of the HIFU treatments of bone metastasis in patients and can be extended to a planning tool prior to MR-HIFU treatm
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- 2016
45. DE DOLIA VAN FRANCAVILLA MARITTIMA, ZUID-ITALIË
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Elevelt, S.C., Elevelt, S.C., Elevelt, S.C., and Elevelt, S.C.
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In this article the dolia (large storage jars) of Francavilla Marittima are discussed. The ilalian dolia, which appear from the third phase of the Middle Bronze Age onward, have close functional and technological links with the Greek pithoi. Their affinities strengthen the suggestion that the Mycenaean influence on the societies of Bronze Age ltaly was stronger than previously thought. Recent research aimed at the identification and classification of the Francavilla dolia can also help in the investigation of regional and interregional exchange networks, thus clarifying the site's role in these networks.
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- 2002
46. Comparison of inversion-recovery gradient- and spin-echo and fast spin-echo techniques in the detection and characterization of liver lesions
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Jan-Willem Gratama, Johan L. Bloem, E.L. van Persijn van Meerten, Milan E. J. Pijl, M.N. Wasser, A. Elevelt, J. Hermans, and C.J.H. van de Velde
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Male ,Intraoperative ultrasonography ,Inversion recovery ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Lesion ,Nuclear magnetic resonance ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Prospective Studies ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Medical screening ,Liver Neoplasms ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,Middle Aged ,Fast spin echo ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Liver ,ROC Curve ,Spin echo ,Female ,Mr images ,medicine.symptom ,Colorectal Neoplasms ,business ,Nuclear medicine - Abstract
To compare respiratory-triggered inversion-recovery (IR) gradient- and spin-echo (GRASE) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with respiratory-triggered T2-weighted fast spin-echo (SE) imaging in the diagnosis of liver metastases.In this prospective study, two radiologists independently identified focal hepatic lesions on respiratory-triggered IR GRASE and respiratory-triggered fast SE MR images in 28 consecutive patients with 186 (135 malignant and 51 benign) proved lesions. A combination of findings at surgery, intraoperative ultrasonography (US), and histologic examination served as the standard of reference. Contrast-to-noise ratios (CNRs) were obtained from 86 lesions larger than 10 mm.The sensitivity in the detection of liver metastases was, independent of lesion size and observer, higher for IR GRASE imaging (55%) than for fast SE imaging (44%-50%) (observer 1, P = .014; observer 2, P = .21). Confidence levels with IR GRASE imaging were higher, but not significantly so, than those with fast SE imaging (P.098). Both observers characterized liver lesions better with IR GRASE than with fast SE imaging (observer 1, P = .04; observer 2, P = .48). The metastasis-liver CNR was significantly higher (P = .012) with IR GRASE imaging.The respiratory-triggered IR GRASE sequence is a fast alternative to the respiratory-triggered fast SE sequence in the evaluation of suspected liver metastases.
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47. Modelling the temperature evolution of bone under high intensity focused ultrasound
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ten Eikelder, H M M, primary, Bošnački, D, additional, Elevelt, A, additional, Donato, K, additional, Di Tullio, A, additional, Breuer, B J T, additional, van Wijk, J H, additional, van Dijk, E V M, additional, Modena, D, additional, Yeo, S Y, additional, and Grüll, H, additional
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48. Bone metastasis treatment using magnetic resonance-guided high intensity focused ultrasound
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Pathologie, Cancer, Yeo, Sin Yuin, Elevelt, Aaldert, Donato, Katia, van Rietbergen, Bert, ter Hoeve, Natalie D., van Diest, Paul J., Grüll, Holger, Pathologie, Cancer, Yeo, Sin Yuin, Elevelt, Aaldert, Donato, Katia, van Rietbergen, Bert, ter Hoeve, Natalie D., van Diest, Paul J., and Grüll, Holger
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49. Detektion fokaler Lungenläsionen mit der Magnetresonanz-Tomographie mittels T2-gewichteter Ultrashort-Turbo-Spin-Echo-Sequenz im Vergleich zur Spiral-Computer-Tomographie
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Aaldert Jan Elevelt, J Gieseke, Götz Lutterbey, Claudia Leutner, J. Rodenburg, Torsten Sommer, and H. H. Schild
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business.industry ,Lung disease ,Helical computed tomography ,Slice thickness ,Medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,business ,Nuclear medicine ,Spiral ct - Abstract
PURPOSE To compare spiral CT and MRT for the detection of focal pulmonary lesions. PATIENTS AND METHODS 50 patients with focal pulmonary lesions confirmed by spiral CT were examined using a T2-weighted UTSE sequence (TE: 90 ms, TR: 1500-3000 ms, echo interval 9 ms, 8 mm slice thickness, diastolic triggering, expiratory breath gating). Image quality was compared using a 4-stage scale. Lesions with a minimum size of 2 mm were counted and measured in the CT image. The results were compared with the MRT images. RESULTS The image quality in CT examinations with an average value of 1.22 better than that in MRT (1.78). In total 163 pulmonary lesions with a size of 2-115 mm were found by CT. MRT found 151/163 lesions (92.6%). Of the 12 lesions not detected, 9 were smaller than 4 mm, 1 corresponded to a 12 mm large, completely calcified granuloma. In 2 cases there was a 4 or 5 mm large unspecific scar. Thus, 160/163 (98.1%) of all lesions larger than 3 mm were detected. CONCLUSIONS MRT with use of a suitable UTSE sequence is an alternative to CT for the detection of focal pulmonary lesions with a size larger than 3 mm.
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50. Stability and trapping of magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents during high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation therapy
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NM Nicole Hijnen, Aaldert Jan Elevelt, and Holger Grüll
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Gadolinium DTPA ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Biodistribution ,Gadolinium ,medicine.medical_treatment ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Contrast Media ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,In vivo ,Cell Line, Tumor ,medicine ,Animals ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Thermal Ablation Therapy ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Reproducibility of Results ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,General Medicine ,Neoplasms, Experimental ,Ablation ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,High-intensity focused ultrasound ,Rats, Inbred F344 ,Rats ,chemistry ,Surgery, Computer-Assisted ,High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation ,Radiology ,Inductively coupled plasma ,Nuclear medicine ,business - Abstract
Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of Gd-DTPA shortly before magnetic resonance guided high-intensity focused ultrasound MR-HIFU thermal ablation therapy with respect to dissociation, trapping, and long-term deposition of gadolinium (Gd) in the body. Materials and methods Magnetic resonance-HIFU ablation treatment was conducted in vivo on both rat muscle and subcutaneous tumor (9L glioma) using a clinical 3T MR-HIFU system equipped with a small-animal coil setup. A human equivalent dose of gadopentetate dimeglumine (Gd-DTPA) (0.6 mmol/kg of body weight) was injected via a tail vein catheter just before ablation (≤5 minutes). Potential trapping of the contrast agent in the ablated area was visualized through the acquisition of R1 maps of the target location before and after therapy. The animals were sacrificed 2 hours or 14 days after the injection (n = 4 per group, a total of 40 animals). Subsequently, the Gd content in the tissue and carcass was determined using inductively coupled plasma techniques to investigate the biodistribution. Results Temporal trapping of Gd-DTPA in the coagulated tissue was observed on the R1 maps acquired within 2 hours after the ablation, an effect confirmed by the inductively coupled plasma analysis (3 times more Gd was found in the treated muscle volume than in the control muscle tissue). Two weeks after the therapy, the absolute amount of Gd present in the coagulated tissue was low compared with the amount present in the kidneys 14 days after the injection (ablated muscle, 0.009% ± 0.002% ID/g; kidney, 0.144% ± 0.165% ID/g). There was no significant increase in Gd content in the principal target organs for translocated Gdions (liver, spleen, and bone) or in the entire carcasses between the HIFU- and sham-treated animals. Finally, an in vivo relaxivity of 4.6 mmols was found in the HIFU-ablated volume, indicating intact Gd-DTPA. Conclusions Magnetic resonance-HIFU treatment does not induce the dissociation of Gd-DTPA. In small-tissue volumes, no significant effect on the long-term in vivo Gd retention was found. However, care must be taken with the use of proton resonance frequency shift-based MR thermometry for HIFU guidance in combination with Gd because the susceptibility artifact induced by Gd can severely influence treatment outcome.
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- 2013
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