Ex situ endorectal MRI probe for prostate imaging.
A unique ex situ MRI probe, which examines samples external to its geometry, is presented. The probe is intended to be used for imaging the prostate gland via an endorectal pathway. It has a semicylindrical shape with a length of 6 cm and typical diameter of approximately 3 cm. The probe's imaging field of view spans almost along its entire length and up to a distance of 2 cm away from its surface, with an angular sector of approximately 90 degrees . The detailed design of the probe is presented, followed by a set of representative results obtained by the current bench prototype of this system.
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Aharon
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Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. ab359@tx.technion.ac.il
Ish-Shalom
Shlomo
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Shtirberg
Lazar
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Zur
Yuval
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D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008280:Magnetics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014159:Transducers