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CONTRAST MEDIA & MOLECULAR IMAGING
卷 2, 期 1, 页码 50-54出版社
WILEY-HINDAWI
DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.120
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contrast; MRI; temperature; Curie; ferromagnetism; thermotherapy
A temperature-sensitive MRI contrast mechanism is proposed based on the physical property, the Curie temperature (T-c), at which a ferromagnetic material transitions to paramagnetic state and vice versa. To evaluate the feasibility of this new contrast mechanism, experiments were performed with solid gadolinium metal, which has a T-c of 20 degrees C. In phantom and ex vivo experiments, the magnetic susceptibility artifact area decreased with increasing temperature transitioning across T-c (p < 0.05). Similar results would be expected for a variety of ferromagnetic substances with substance-specific T-c values. Temperature-sensitive MRI contrast agents harnessing this mechanism may be used to (1) indicate regional attainment of specific temperatures in thermotherapy, (2) render an accumulated contrast agent more or less visible by the external application of appropriate heating or cooling, or (3) quantify tissue temperature based on MR image characteristics and magnetic susceptibility artifact caused by a ferromagnetic-paramagnetic transitioning substance. Copyright (c) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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