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The use of Magnetic Resonance Thermometry (MRT) has been proposed to intraoperatively guide laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) thanks to its ability to provide multidimensional temperature measurements. PRF-based MRT thermometry holds significant benefits, but it is still limited by susceptibility artifacts that significantly affect the accuracy of measured temperature maps. These artifacts lead to a negative temperature distribution with a double-lobe shape around the laser applicator. In this work, artifacts appearing in MRT images during LITT and linked to magnetic field distortion related to susceptibility variations are characterized in ex-vivo livers. We further propose an approach to avoid their appearance.
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