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Abstract #1268

Improving Image Quality in Transcranial Magnetic Resonance Guided focused Ultrasound Using a Conductive Screen  

J. Rock Hadley1, Henrik Odeen2, Robb Merrill2, Sam Adams2, Viola Rieke2, Allison Payne2, and Dennis Parker2
1Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, 2University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

This work uses an RF screen, placed over the top of a human skull phantom, to reduce image banding artifacts that are common in transcranial transducer MRI. The goals of the study are to improve imaging homogeneity over the region of the brain by changing RF field patterns that cause the artifacts, and to find a solution that doesn’t attenuate or distort the ultrasound properties of the transducer. Hydrophone and focused ultrasound heating studies are performed to measure ultrasound screen transparency and MRI studies are performed to evaluate the effects the screen has on homogeneity and artifact reduction.

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