Minimizing eddy currents induced in the ground plane of a large phased-array ultrasound applicator for echo-planar imaging-based MR thermometry.
Silke M Lechner-GreiteNicolas HehnBeat WernerEyal ZadicarioMatthew TarasekDesmond Yeo
Published in: Journal of therapeutic ultrasound (2016)
We demonstrated that segmenting the transducer ground plane into a star pattern reduces eddy currents to a level wherein multi-plane EPI for accurate MR thermometry in tcMRgFUS is feasible.