Mri thermal imaging of water tissue and fat tissue using transverse relaxometry data and proton resonance frequency shift data

Abstract

An apparatus () comprising a magnetic resonance imaging system (), the magnetic resonance imaging system comprising: a magnet () adapted for generating a magnetic field for orientating the magnetic spins of nuclei of a subject () located within an imaging volume (); a radio frequency transceiver () adapted for acquiring magnetic resonance data () using a radio frequency coil (); a computer system () comprising a processor (), wherein the computer system is adapted for controlling the apparatus; and a memory () containing machine readable instructions (), wherein execution of the instructions cause the processor to perform the steps of: acquiring () magnetic resonance data using the magnetic resonance imaging system, wherein the magnetic resonance data comprises transverse relaxometry data, and calculating () the temperature of the subject within a temperature measurement volume () in accordance with the transverse relaxometry data.