RF coils for combined MR and hyperthermia studies: II. MR coil as an hyperthermic applicator.
Single loop surface coil, often used in MR studies, was evaluated for its performance as an inductive hyperthermic applicator. The heat deposition pattern produced by the surface coil at 84 MHz and 34 MHz was mapped in muscle-mimicking agar phantoms. Temperatures were measured simultaneously at 64 points using multiple-junction thermocouples.
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Clinical Oncology and Radiotherapeutics Unit, Medical Research Council, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK. ramaj@medinst.ernet.in
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D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013696:Temperature