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Abstract #1496

Radiofrequency applicator concepts for RF hyperthermia treatment and MR imaging of glioblastoma multiforme at 7.0 T (298 MHz)

Eva Oberacker1, Andre Kuehne2, Helmar Waiczies2, Jacek Nadobny3, Mirko Weihrauch3, Sebastian Zschaeck3, Pirus Ghadjar3, Peter Wust3, Thoralf Niendorf1,2,4, and Lukas Winter1

1Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany, 2MRI.TOOLS GmbH, Berlin, Germany, 3Clinic for Radiation Oncology, Charite University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, 4Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), a joint cooperation between the Charité Medical Faculty and the Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany

Glioblastoma multiforme is the most frequent and most aggressive malignant brain tumor with de facto no prognosis of long-term survival by the use of current multimodal therapeutic approaches. RF heating at ultrahigh fields (B0=7.0T, f=298MHz) has the potential of delivering sufficiently large thermal dosage for hyperthermia of relatively large tumor areas. This work focuses on EMF simulations and compares RF applicator designs tailored for simultaneous RF heating and MRI. Our results suggest that RF power can be focused to small tumor areas and to large clinical target volumes derived from segmented patient data.

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