Title :
The optimization of magnetic resonance temperature imaging sequences
Author :
Ho, Pin-Hen ; Chen, Jyh-Horng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
The authors design the optimal gradient echo pulse parameters to achieve maximal temperature sensitivity of MR signal based on measured T1, T2 and proton density data at different temperatures for various tissues in vitro
Keywords :
biomedical NMR; hyperthermia; nuclear spin-lattice relaxation; spin-spin relaxation; temperature distribution; temperature measurement; MR pulse sequences; MRI; T1; T2; brain; fat; hyperthermia temperature monitoring; in vitro; magnetic resonance temperature imaging sequences optimization; maximal temperature sensitivity; medical diagnosis; minute temperature changes; muscle; noninvasive deep tissue temperature distributions; optimal gradient echo pulse parameters; optimal therapy effects; proton density data; tissues; Density measurement; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscles; Protons; Pulse measurements; Tellurium; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Water heating;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.575211
