Hideto Kuribayashi1, Fanlai Cui2,
Keiko Hirakawa2, Yoshimasa Kanawaku3, Youkichi Ohno2
1Varian Technologies Japan Limited,
Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan; 2Nippon Medical School; 3National
Defence Medical College
Proton
resonance frequency-shift based MR temperature imaging was introduced into
the rectal temperature measurement in cooling dead bodies in order to
estimate the time of death in legal medicine.
A series of MR temperature difference maps in cooling dead rats could
be obtained. Moreover, distribution of
cooling rates among pelvic tissues was observed and shown to be related to
body position.
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