1. Simultaneous fat‐referenced proton resonance frequency shift thermometry and MR elastography for the monitoring of thermal ablations
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Elodie Breton, Afshin Gangi, Jonathan Vappou, Ki Soo Kim, Laboratoire des sciences de l'ingénieur, de l'informatique et de l'imagerie (ICube), École Nationale du Génie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement de Strasbourg (ENGEES)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Strasbourg (INSA Strasbourg), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Les Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (HUS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Matériaux et Nanosciences Grand-Est (MNGE), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Réseau nanophotonique et optique, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CHU Strasbourg, French state funds managed by the ANR (within the Investissements d’Avenir programme for the Labex CAMI), Grant No. ANR-11-LABX-0004, ANR-11-LABX-0004,CAMI,Gestes Médico-Chirurgicaux Assistés par Ordinateur(2011), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Strasbourg (INSA Strasbourg), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Nationale du Génie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement de Strasbourg (ENGEES)-Réseau nanophotonique et optique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Matériaux et nanosciences d'Alsace (FMNGE), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Les Hôptaux universitaires de Strasbourg (HUS), and Vappou, Jonathan
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Materials science ,MESH: IRM interventionelle ,MESH: PRFS ,Swine ,[SDV.IB.IMA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering/Imaging ,medicine.medical_treatment ,[SHS.INFO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-BIO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Biological Physics [physics.bio-ph] ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,[INFO.INFO-IM] Computer Science [cs]/Medical Imaging ,Thermometry ,MR Elastography ,Imaging phantom ,[SHS.INFO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Shear modulus ,03 medical and health sciences ,thermal ablation ,0302 clinical medicine ,MR Thermometry ,MESH: Elastographie par Résonance Magnétique (ERM) ,Thermal ,medicine ,[INFO.INFO-IM]Computer Science [cs]/Medical Imaging ,Animals ,MESH: Ablation thermique ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,[PHYS.MECA.BIOM]Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Biomechanics [physics.med-ph] ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Proton resonance frequency ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-BIO-PH] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Biological Physics [physics.bio-ph] ,Phantoms, Imaging ,Fat referenced PRFS ,Soft tissue ,MESH: Thermométrie par Résonance Magnétique ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,High-intensity focused ultrasound ,Magnetic resonance elastography ,[SDV.IB.IMA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering/Imaging ,interventional MR ,Elasticity Imaging Techniques ,[SDV.IB]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering ,Elastography ,Protons ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Biomedical engineering ,MESH: séparation de l'eau et de la graisse - Abstract
Purpose Simultaneous fat-referenced proton resonance frequency shift (FRPRFS) thermometry combined with MR elastography (MRE) is proposed, to continuously monitor thermal ablations for all types of soft tissues, including fat-containing tissues. Fat-referenced proton resonance frequency shift thermometry makes it possible to measure temperature even in the water fraction of fat-containing tissues while enabling local field-drift correction. Magnetic resonance elastography allows measuring the mechanical properties of tissues that are related to tissue structural damage. Methods A gradient-echo MR sequence framework was proposed that combines the need for multiple TE acquisitions for the water-fat separation of FRPRFS, and the need for multiple MRE phase offsets for elastogram reconstructions. Feasibility was first assessed in a fat-containing gelatin phantom undergoing moderate heating by a hot water circulation system. Subsequently, high intensity focused ultrasound heating was conducted in porcine muscle tissue ex vivo (N = 4; 2 samples, 2 locations/sample). Results Both FRPRFS temperature maps and elastograms were updated every 4.1 seconds. In the gelatin phantom, FRPRFS was in good agreement with optical fiber thermometry (average difference 1.2 ± 1°C). In ex vivo high-intensity focused ultrasound experiments on muscle tissue, the shear modulus was found to decrease significantly by 34.3% ± 7.7% (experiment 1, sample 1), 17.9% ± 10.0% (experiment 2, sample 1), 55.1% ± 8.7% (experiment 3, sample 2), and 34.7% ± 8.4% (experiment 4, sample 2) as a result of temperature increase (ΔT = 22.5°C ± 4.2°C, 14.0°C ± 2.8°C, 14.7°C ± 3.7°C, and 14.5°C ± 3.0°C, respectively). Conclusion This study demonstrated the feasibility of monitoring thermal ablations with FRPRFS thermometry together with MRE, even in fat-containing tissues. The acquisition time is similar to non-FRPRFS thermometry combined with MRE.
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- 2019
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