• Planning, applicator placement and therapy monitoring are possible without using contrast enhancement • Energy transmission from the generator to the scanner room is safely possible • MR-guided microwave ablation provides effective treatment of hepatic malignancies in one session • Therapy monitoring is possible without applicator retraction from the ablation site.

MW applicator's artefact appearance is independent of angulation to main magnetic field. MW applicator's prominent distal artefact may increase visibility under MR-guidance. RF and MW applicator's artefacts are precise concerning tip depiction. Largest artefact diameters are measured with T1-weighted fast low angle shot sequence.

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The tested MR-compatible system can be used without loss of ablation performance compared to the standard system.

NMR signals of 7Li, 23Na, 35C1, 39K , 79B r, 87R b and 127I have been measured in various alkali and halogen salt powders relative to well defined aqueous solutions. W ith the known shielding constants of some of these solutions the nuclear magnetic shielding constants of the alkali and chlorine nuclei in crystalline powders were evaluated in the atomic reference scale. The theoretical values of the shielding constants in alkali halides do not agree even in the order of magnitude with the experimental ones in some cases.For 23Na first-order and second-order quadrupole patterns have been observed and the quadru pole coupling constants are given.