Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (대한자기공명의과학회)
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T1-Based MR Temperature Monitoring with RF Field Change Correction at 7.0T

  • Kim, Jong-Min (Department of Electronics and Information Engineering and ICT Convergence Technology for Health & Safety, Korea University) ;
  • Lee, Chulhyun (Bioimaging Research Team, Korea Basic Science Institute) ;
  • Hong, Seong-Dae (Department of Electronics and Information Engineering and ICT Convergence Technology for Health & Safety, Korea University) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Hee (Korea Artificial Organ Center) ;
  • Sun, Kyung (Korea Artificial Organ Center) ;
  • Oh, Chang-Hyun (Department of Electronics and Information Engineering and ICT Convergence Technology for Health & Safety, Korea University)
  • Received : 2018.06.12
  • Accepted : 2018.11.12
  • Published : 2018.12.30
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Abstract

Purpose: The objective of this study is to determine the effect of physical changes on MR temperature imaging at 7.0T and to examine proton-resonance-frequency related changes of MR phase images and T1 related changes of MR magnitude images, which are obtained for MR thermometry at various magnetic field strengths. Materials and Methods: An MR-compatible capacitive-coupled radio-frequency hyperthermia system was implemented for heating a phantom and swine muscle tissue, which can be used for both 7.0T and 3.0T MRI. To determine the effect of flip angle correction on T1-based MR thermometry, proton resonance frequency, apparent T1, actual flip angle, and T1 images were obtained. For this purpose, three types of imaging sequences are used, namely, T1-weighted fast field echo with variable flip angle method, dual repetition time method, and variable flip angle method with radio-frequency field nonuniformity correction. Results: Signal-to-noise ratio of the proton resonance frequency shift-based temperature images obtained at 7.0T was five-fold higher than that at 3.0T. The T1 value increases with increasing temperature at both 3.0T and 7.0T. However, temperature measurement using apparent T1-based MR thermometry results in bias and error because B1 varies with temperature. After correcting for the effect of B1 changes, our experimental results confirmed that the calculated T1 increases with increasing temperature both at 3.0T and 7.0T. Conclusion: This study suggests that the temperature-induced flip angle variations need to be considered for accurate temperature measurements in T1-based MR thermometry.

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