Chris Diederich

Considerations for theoretical modelling of thermal ablation with catheter-based ultrasonic sources: implications for treatment planning, monitoring and control.

Model-based feasibility assessment and evaluation of prostate hyperthermia with a commercial MR-guided endorectal HIFU ablation array.

MR guided thermal therapy of pancreatic tumors with endoluminal, intraluminal and interstitial catheter-based ultrasound devices: Preliminary theoretical and experimental investigations.

A feasibility study on monitoring the evolution of apparent diffusion coefficient decrease during thermal ablation.

Quantifying temperature-dependent T1 changes in cortical bone using ultrashort echo-time MRI.

Epicardial Catheter Ablation Using High-Intensity Ultrasound: Validation in a Swine Model.

Development of an endoluminal high-intensity ultrasound applicator for image-guided thermal therapy of pancreatic tumors.

Clinical applications of custom-made vaginal cylinders constructed using three-dimensional printing technology.

Integration of deployable fluid lenses and reflectors with endoluminal therapeutic ultrasound applicators: Preliminary investigations of enhanced penetration depth and focal gain.

Transurethral high-intensity ultrasound for treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI): simulation studies with patient-specific models.

MR thermometry-guided ultrasound hyperthermia of user-defined regions using the ExAblate prostate ablation array.

880 kHz ultrasound treatment for drug delivery to the vitreous humor.

Endobronchial high-intensity ultrasound for thermal therapy of pulmonary malignancies: simulations with patient-specific lung models.

Dual-sectored transurethral ultrasound for thermal treatment of stress urinary incontinence: in silico studies in 3D anatomical models.

In silico feasibility assessment of extracorporeal delivery of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound to intervertebral discs within the lumbar spine.

AAPM Task Group 241: A medical physicist's guide to MRI-guided focused ultrasound body systems.

Deployable ultrasound applicators for endoluminal delivery of volumetric hyperthermia.

Technical note: Low-cost MR-compatible pneumatic respiratory organ motion simulator for the development of MR-guided thermal therapy.