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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2018
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Sunil Goraksha Patil, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Henrik Odeen, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Bhat Himanshu, Newton, MA (US);
John Roberts, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Dennis L. Parker, Centerville, UT (US);
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A method, system and article of manufacture is disclosed. The method includes providing a spatial navigator outside of a thermal therapy region; receiving a plurality of analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) readouts from an MRI device at a plurality of time points, wherein the ADC readouts comprise a first ADC readout acquired at a first time point, and one or more additional ADC readouts acquired at subsequent time points; processing the ADC readouts to obtain a frequency of the spatial navigator at each of the time points; obtaining a main magnetic field (B) drift of the MRI device based on the frequency of the spatial navigator at a particular time point and the frequency of the spatial navigator at the first time point; and obtaining the temperature change at the particular time point based on the Bdrift.