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Dual-echo Z-shimmed proton resonance frequency-shift magnetic resonance thermometry near metallic ablation probes: Technique and temperature precision.

ABSTRACT: To improve the precision of proton resonance frequency-shift magnetic resonance thermometry near ablation probes by recovering near-probe image signals that are typically lost due to magnetic susceptibility-induced field distortions.A dual-echo gradient-recalled echo sequence was implemented, in which the first echo was under- or over-refocused in the slice dimension to recover image signal and temperature precision near a probe, and the second echo was fully refocused to obtain image signal everywhere else in the slice. A penalized maximum likelihood algorithm was implemented to estimate a single temperature map from both echoes. Agar phantom and ex vivo experiments with and without microwave heating at 3 T evaluated how much temperature precision was improved near a microwave ablator compared to a conventional single-echo scan as a function of slice and needle orientation in the magnet.The number of near-probe voxels with temperature standard deviation ?>1°C was decreased by 51% in the phantom experiment, averaged across orientations, and by 31% in the pork. Temperature maps near the probe were more smoother and more complete in all orientations.Dual-echo z-shimmed temperature imaging can recover image signal for more precise temperature mapping near metallic ablation probes. Magn Reson Med 78:2299-2306, 2017. © 2017 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5552453 | biostudies-other | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Dual-echo Z-shimmed proton resonance frequency-shift magnetic resonance thermometry near metallic ablation probes: Technique and temperature precision.

Zhang Yuxin Y Poorman Megan E ME Grissom William A WA

Magnetic resonance in medicine 20170210 6

<h4>Purpose</h4>To improve the precision of proton resonance frequency-shift magnetic resonance thermometry near ablation probes by recovering near-probe image signals that are typically lost due to magnetic susceptibility-induced field distortions.<h4>Methods</h4>A dual-echo gradient-recalled echo sequence was implemented, in which the first echo was under- or over-refocused in the slice dimension to recover image signal and temperature precision near a probe, and the second echo was fully refo ...[more]

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