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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1993
Yasutoshi Ishihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kozo Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A non-invasive measurement of a temperature distribution within a target body using a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, capable of realizing a high speed and a high precision measurement, and accounting for a displacement of the target body during the measurement. The chemical shift data from the target body at each voxel in an imaging target region on the target body are collected with and without a temperature change of the target body, a difference between the chemical shift data collected with the temperature change and the chemical shift data collected without the temperature change at each voxel, and a temperature distribution image is constructed and displayed according to the difference calculated. The chemical shift data are preferably collected by using a phase mapping imaging sequence.