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Table 1 Parameters of the temperature curves of 3 types of fibroids

From: The relationship of T2WI signal intensity of uterine fibroids and the temperature curve in MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation

Types of fibroids

Heating slope(°C/s)

Decay slope(°C/s)

Heating time(s)

Time to peak(s)

Max time(°C)

AUC(°C • s)

1(n=7)

1.67±0.73

0.83±0.29

38.5±18.2

12.5±4.2

45.3±2.5

2221.7±769.4

2(n=7)

0.80±0.66

0.47±0.30

24.8±7.2

22.5±11.1

45.5±4.1

2036.5±361.5

3(n=1)

0.52

0.39

12.9

20.6

50.1

1597.2