Figure 8.

Analysis of treatment plan parameters for the pre-operative case. (a) shows the temperature distribution in the treatment target: box: inter-quartile range with median temperature T₅₀ indicated; whiskers: T₉₀ and T₁₀, i.e., the temperature exceeded by, respectively, 90% and 10% of the volume. For the treatment target, a temperature in the range 42–43 °C is clinically considered optimal. (b) shows for the healthy tissue the volume exceeding, respectively, 41, 42, and 43 °C (a darker shade representing a higher temperature). Clinically, these volumes should be as low as possible. Total volume: white matter = 125 mL; grey matter = 1007 mL; CSF = 448 mL. The exact numbers are provided in Table S2.