Image-guided microwave ablation (MWA) is a minimally invasive treatment for localized diseases. MRI is advantageous for localizing the lesions, guiding microwave antennae placement, and assessing the extent of ablation. Monitoring of MWA in real-time using MR thermometry has also been demonstrated to be feasible, but can suffer from the image quality degradation due to electromagnetic interference (EMI) from the microwave generator (MWG). A novel approach to correct for EMI-contaminated images is presented here by utilizing the uncontaminated k-space data from neighboring frames. Significantly improved temperature and thermal dose maps have been obtained in our clinical patient studies.
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