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Fig. 2. T2-weighted image of 38-year-old woman with symptomatic
fibroids ready for MRI-guided focused ultrasound therapy. She is lying prone
on gel pad, which is above focused ultrasound therapy transducer. Sonication
pathway is superimposed on image and has been angled craniocaudally to avoid
small bowel close to uterus. Spot where irreversible thermal damage is
expected is also superimposed onto this image. Figure is screen capture from
ExAblate 2000 system (InSightec) at time of treatment.