PRFS-Based MR Thermometry Versus an Alternative T1 Magnitude Method – Comparative Performance Predicting Thermally Induced Necrosis in Hepatic Tumor Ablation

Abstract

PRFS thermometry is feasible in a clinical setting of thermal hepatic tumor ablation. As an interference-free MR-tool for online therapy monitoring its accuracy to predict tissue necrosis is superior to a competing model of thermally induced alteration of the T1 magnitude signal.