Department of Human and Information Sciences, The Faculty of Information Technology and Electronics, Tokai University Department of Image-based Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation
Published: March 15, 2003Received: December 24, 2002Available on J-STAGE: February 25, 2010Accepted: February 13, 2003
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The water proton chemical shift observed in magnetic resonance is a measure of internal body temperature. The phase mapping method using this parameter has yielded a practical tool of non-invasive temperature imaging for monitoring thermal therapies, although the temperature coefficient of this parameter is small (-0.01ppm /°C).
