This thesis addresses three challenges using MR thermometry for monitoring mild radio frequency hyperthermia treatments in the pelvis. Most commonly, the linear proton resonance frequency shift with temperature of water molecules is exploited during MR thermometry. A new phase-sensitive spin echo sequence is introduced to increase SNR and thus the temperature-to-noise ratio. Background field correction methods known from quantitative susceptibility mapping are applied to remove digestive motion-induced susceptibility artifacts. Based on T1 relaxometry, the temperature dependency of T1 of fatty tissue is studied.
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This thesis addresses three challenges using MR thermometry for monitoring mild radio frequency hyperthermia treatments in the pelvis. Most commonly, the linear proton resonance frequency shift with temperature of water molecules is exploited during MR thermometry. A new phase-sensitive spin echo sequence is introduced to increase SNR and thus the temperature-to-noise ratio. Background field correction methods known from quantitative susceptibility mapping are applied to remove digestive motion-...
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