Table 3.
Temperature increases at 600 sec for eccentric heating target measured with thermistor probes and computed Magnetic Resonance Thermometry (MRT).
| Institution | Temp. Measurem. | Mean Temperature Increase [ΔT (°C)] at Locations 1 to 4 |
Mean Temp. Increase ± SD (°C) | d(ΔT Location 4- ΔT Location 1) (°C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΔT Location 1 | ΔT Location 2 | ΔT Location 3 | ΔT Location 4 | ||||
| 1 | Thermistor probe | 2.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 4.0 ± 1.2 | 3.3 |
| MRT | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 3.5 ± 1.3 | 3.3 | |
| 2 | Thermistor probe | 4.5 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 5.6 ± 1.1 | 2.7 |
| MRT | 3.8 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 5.3 ± 1.3 | 3.2 | |
| 3 | Thermistor probe | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.5 ± 0.8 | 2.1 |
| MRT | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.3 ± 0.9 | 2.0 | |
| 4 | Thermistor probe | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 ± 0.3 | 0.9 |
| MRT | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.0 ± 0.4 | 1.1 | |
| 5 | Thermistor probe | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 2.5 ± 1.2 | 3.0 |
| MRT | 0.6 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 2.3 ± 1.6 | 3.9 | |