Leland Stanford Junior University

Insightec, Ltd.

Viola Rieke

Yoav Levy

Yoav Medan

Michael Lustig

Kim Butts Pauly

William A Grissom

Norbert Joseph Pelc

Arundhuti Ganguly

Rosemary Kim Butts

Proton resonance frequency shift thermometry may be improved by combining multibaseline and referenceless thermometry.

Hybrid referenceless and multibaseline PRF-shift magnetic resonance thermometry

The phase background of a proton resonance frequency shift treatment image may be estimated by fitting a combination of baseline images to the treatment image.

Multibaseline PRF-shift magnetic resonance thermometry

Improved compatibility of MRI with radiation imaging is provided by MRI RF coils having transmissive coil sections. The transmissive coil sections are substantially transparent to the penetrating radiation employed by the radiation imaging system. Thus the transmissive coil sections can be disposed in a field of view of the radiation imaging system without introducing artifacts into the radiation images. Transparency to penetrating radiation can be achieved by substantially including only low atomic number (i.e., Z&#x3c;29) elements in the transmissive coil sections. Preferably, the transmissive coil sections are fabricated substantially from aluminum.

Magnetic resonance imaging having radiation compatible radiofrequency coils

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Los Altos, CA, United States of America

Viola Rieke