Design, Implementation, Evaluation and Application of a 32-Channel Radio Frequency Signal Generator for Thermal Magnetic Resonance Based Anti-Cancer Treatment

dc.contributor.authorHan, Haopeng
dc.contributor.authorEigentler, Thomas Wilhelm
dc.contributor.authorWang, Shuailin
dc.contributor.authorKretov, Egor
dc.contributor.authorWinter, Lukas
dc.contributor.authorHoffmann, Werner
dc.contributor.authorGrass, Eckhard
dc.contributor.authorNiendorf, Thoralf
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-19T10:09:23Z
dc.date.available2020-11-19T10:09:23Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-28
dc.date.updated2020-07-12T05:33:49Z
dc.description.abstractThermal Magnetic Resonance (ThermalMR) leverages radio frequency (RF)-induced heating to examine the role of temperature in biological systems and disease. To advance RF heating with multi-channel RF antenna arrays and overcome the shortcomings of current RF signal sources, this work reports on a 32-channel modular signal generator (SGPLL). The SGPLL was designed around phase-locked loop (PLL) chips and a field-programmable gate array chip. To examine the system properties, switching/settling times, accuracy of RF power level and phase shifting were characterized. Electric field manipulation was successfully demonstrated in deionized water. RF heating was conducted in a phantom setup using self-grounded bow-tie RF antennae driven by the SGPLL. Commercial signal generators limited to a lower number of RF channels were used for comparison. RF heating was evaluated with numerical temperature simulations and experimentally validated with MR thermometry. Numerical temperature simulations and heating experiments controlled by the SGPLL revealed the same RF interference patterns. Upon RF heating similar temperature changes across the phantom were observed for the SGPLL and for the commercial devices. To conclude, this work presents the first 32-channel modular signal source for RF heating. The large number of coherent RF channels, wide frequency range and accurate phase shift provided by the SGPLL form a technological basis for ThermalMR controlled hyperthermia anti-cancer treatment.en
dc.description.sponsorshipEC/H2020/743077/EU/Thermal Magnetic Resonance: A New Instrument to Define the Role of Temperature in Biological Systems and Disease for Diagnosis and Therapy/ThermalMRen
dc.identifier.eissn2072-6694
dc.identifier.urihttps://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/12031
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-10911
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.ispartof10.14279/depositonce-15359en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitde
dc.subject.otherthermal magnetic resonanceen
dc.subject.otherradio frequency heatingen
dc.subject.otherradio frequency signal generatoren
dc.subject.otherradio frequency antennaen
dc.subject.otherhyperthermiaen
dc.titleDesign, Implementation, Evaluation and Application of a 32-Channel Radio Frequency Signal Generator for Thermal Magnetic Resonance Based Anti-Cancer Treatmenten
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber1720en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.3390/cancers12071720en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue7en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleCancersen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameMDPIen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceBaselen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume12en
tub.accessrights.dnbfreeen
tub.affiliationFak. 5 Verkehrs- und Maschinensysteme::Inst. Maschinenkonstruktion und Systemtechnik::FG Medizintechnikde
tub.affiliation.facultyFak. 5 Verkehrs- und Maschinensystemede
tub.affiliation.groupFG Medizintechnikde
tub.affiliation.instituteInst. Maschinenkonstruktion und Systemtechnikde
tub.publisher.universityorinstitutionTechnische Universität Berlinen

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