Elena Kaye1,2, Rachel Rinat Bitton1,
Kim Butts Pauly1
1Radiology, Stanford University, Palo
Alto, CA, United States; 2Electrical Engineering, Stanford
University, Palo Alto, CA, United States
The
goal of this study was to compare MR-ARFI and T1-w FSE approaches to focal
spot visualization during breast MRgFUS. An ex vivo human breast tissue
sample was imaged on a 3T MRI scanner equipped with an InSightec HIFU system.
MR-ARFI displacement were compared with the magnitude difference images
obtained by subtraction of FSE images with ultrasound on and off. The results
of the study showed that both T1-w imaging and MR-ARFI allow visualization of
the FUS focal spot., however, the MR-ARFI approach deposits 10 times less
ultrasound energy and gives 3 times greater SNR than an FSE-based approach.
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