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Ex situ endorectal MRI probe for prostate imaging
Author(s) -
Blank Aharon,
IshShalom Shlomo,
Shtirberg Lazar,
Zur Yuval
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.696
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1522-2594
pISSN - 0740-3194
DOI - 10.1002/mrm.22151
Subject(s) - prostate , in situ , magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance , physics , optics , materials science , nuclear medicine , biomedical engineering , medicine , radiology , cancer , meteorology
A unique ex situ MRI probe, which examines samples external to its geometry, is presented. The probe is intended to be used for imaging the prostate gland via an endorectal pathway. It has a semicylindrical shape with a length of 6 cm and typical diameter of ∼3 cm. The probe's imaging field of view spans almost along its entire length and up to a distance of 2 cm away from its surface, with an angular sector of ∼90°. The detailed design of the probe is presented, followed by a set of representative results obtained by the current bench prototype of this system. Magn Reson Med, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.