Reliability of water proton chemical shift temperature calibration for focused ultrasound ablation therapy

Tao Wu, Kurtis R. Kendell, Joel P. Felmlee, Bradley D. Lewis, Richard L. Ehman

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Abstract

Our purpose in this work was to assess the reliability of the calibration coefficient for magnetic resonance water proton chemical shift temperature mapping. Over a six month period, the calibration coefficient was measured 15 times in several different phantoms. A highly linear relationship between water proton chemical shift and temperature change was found. The average temperature calibration coefficient determined from all studies was 0.009±0.001 ppm/°C. Four of the 15 studies were conducted on the same day using the same phantom. The average temperature calibration coefficient of these four studies was 0.0096±0.0001 ppm/°C.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)221-224
Number of pages4
JournalMedical physics
Volume27
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2000

Keywords

  • Focused ultrasound
  • Magnetic resonance
  • Temperature mapping
  • Water proton chemical shift

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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