Journal of Korean Medical Science  2011;26(6):839-843

doi:10.3346/jkms.2011.26.6.839

Clinical Application of 7.0 T Magnetic Resonance Images in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for a Patient with Brain Metastases.

Sun Ha PAEK 1 ; Young Don SON ; Hyun Tai CHUNG ; Dong Gyu KIM ; Zang Hee CHO

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Keywords

1.5 T MRI; 7.0 T MRI; Co-registered Images; Radiosurgery

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

In the study we assessed the distortion of 7.0 T magnetic resonance (MR) images in reference to 1.5 T MR images in the radiosurgery of metastatic brain tumors. Radiosurgery with Gamma Knife Perfexion(R) was performed for the treatment of a 54-yr-old female patient with multiple brain metastases by the co-registered images of the 7.0 T and 1.5 T magnetic resonance images (MRI). There was no significant discrepancy in the positions of anterior and posterior commissures as well as the locations of four metastatic brain tumors in the co-registered images between 7.0 T and 1.5 T MRI with better visualization of the anatomical details in 7.0 T MR images. This study demonstrates for the first time that 7.0 T MR images can be safely utilized in Perfexion(R) Gamma Knife radiosurgery for the treatment of metastatic brain tumors. Furthermore 7.0 T MR images provide better visualization of brain tumors without image distortion in comparison to 1.5 T MR images.