Simultaneous monitoring of temperature and T1: Methods and preliminary results of application to drug delivery using thermosensitive liposomes
- 2 September 2005
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- Vol. 54 (4) , 1020-1024
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.20635
Abstract
A method is presented to obtain temperature and longitudinal relaxivity measurements simultaneously and in near real‐time. Quantitative relaxivity values are obtained from the signal magnitude from fast Look‐Locker EPI data, whereas phase information from all signal samples on the recovery curve is combined to provide temperature values using the proton resonance frequency method. The utility of this technique is illustrated in an in vitro experiment with thermosensitive liposomes, which are studied as potential micro vehicles for local drug delivery. The method allowed measuring the evolution of relaxivity during RF‐heating of liposomes containing a paramagnetic contrast agent, demonstrating increase of liposome permeability near the phase transition temperature. Potential applications are monitoring of local drug delivery using thermosensitive liposomes, and confirmation of reaching the liposomes' threshold temperature during thermal therapy. Magn Reson Med, 2005.Keywords
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