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Validation of fast MR thermometry at 1.5 T with gradient-echo echo planar imaging sequences: phantom and clinical feasibility studies |
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Published in | NMR in biomedicine. 2008, vol. 21, no. 8, p. 849-58 | |
Abstract | The purpose of this work was to validate in phantom studies and demonstrate the clinical feasibility of MR proton resonance frequency thermometry at 1.5 T with segmented gradient-echo echo planar imaging (GRE-EPI) sequences during liver tumour radiofrequency (RF) ablation. Classical GRE acquisitions and segmented GRE-EPI acquisitions were performed at 1.5 T during simultaneous RF heating with an MR-compatible RF electrode placed in an agar gel phantom. Temperature increments were calculated and compared with four optical temperature probe measurements using Bland- Altman analysis. In a preliminary clinical feasibility study, the rapid GRE-EPI sequence (echo train length = 13) was used for MR temperature monitoring of RF ablation of liver tumours in three patient procedures. For phantom experiments, the Bland-Altman mean of differences between MR and optical probe temperature measurements was <0.4 degrees C, and the 95% limits of agreement value was <1.4 degrees C. For the in vivo studies, respiratory-triggered GRE-EPI acquisitions yielded a temperature accuracy of 1.3 +/- 0.4 degrees C (acquisition time = 0.6 s/image, spatial coverage of three slices/respiratory cycle). MR proton resonance frequency thermometry at 1.5 T yields precise and accurate measurements of temperature increment with both classical GRE and rapid GRE-EPI sequences. Rapid GRE-EPI sequences minimize intra-scan motion effects and can be used for MR thermometry during RF ablation in moving organs. | |
Keywords | Body Temperature/physiology — Echo-Planar Imaging/instrumentation/methods — Feasibility Studies — Humans — Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted/methods — Phantoms, Imaging — Reproducibility of Results — Sensitivity and Specificity — Thermography/instrumentation/methods | |
Identifiers | DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1267 PMID: 18574794 | |
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Research group | Imagerie et radiologie interventionnelle du foie, des voies biliaires et du pancréas (316) | |
Citation (ISO format) | CERNICANU, Alexandru et al. Validation of fast MR thermometry at 1.5 T with gradient-echo echo planar imaging sequences: phantom and clinical feasibility studies. In: NMR in biomedicine, 2008, vol. 21, n° 8, p. 849-58. doi: 10.1002/nbm.1267 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:1168 |