Patent ID: 8867811
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. Therapeutic system ( 1 ) comprising: a MR imaging unit arranged to acquire MR signals from a body ( a thermal treatment unit ( wherein the system is arranged to perform the steps of: a) initiating thermal treatment by heating the tissue of the body ( b) selectively acquiring MR signals from a first image plane ( c) reconstruction of a thermographic MR image from the MR signals acquired from the first image plane ( d) computing a baseline thermographic MR image from a temperature distribution within at least one second image plane ( e) moving the focus of the thermal treatment to a new position within the examination volume, f) changing the position and/or orientation of the first image plane ( g) repeating steps b) and c), wherein the baseline thermographic MR image computed in step d) is used for thermographic image reconstruction in subsequent step c).