Abstract #1818

MR-Guided Temperature Mapping in Prostate Cancer Patients: Stability and Feasibility

Joyce GR Bomers¹, Eva Rothgang²,³, Christiaan G. Overduin¹, Jrg Roland³, Jelle O. Barentsz¹, Jurgen J. Fttterer¹,⁴

¹Radiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands; ²Center for Applied Medical Imaging, Siemens Corporation, Corporate Research, Baltimore, MD, United States; ³Siemens Healthcare, MR, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany; ⁴MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands

The clinical feasibility and time efficiency of an integrated workflow for MR-guided transrectal laser treatment and real-time treatment monitoring were tested. Furthermore, temperature stability at 3T in prostate cancer patients using a fast gradient echo (GRE) echo planar imaging (EPI) sequence was evaluated.