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Radiology, Vol 185, 697-699, Copyright © 1992 by Radiological Society of North America

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Increased corneal temperature caused by MR imaging of the eye with a dedicated local coil

FG Shellock and CJ Schatz
Department of Radiological Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine.

To determine the existence of tissue heating-associated risks to the eye with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging performed at high specific absorption rates (SARs), corneal temperature was measured in 14 patients immediately before and after MR imaging performed with a 1.5- T, 64-MHz unit and a quadrature-driven body coil for radio-frequency transmission and a receive-only local coil designed for eye imaging. Fast spin-echo pulse sequences were used predominantly. Estimated peak SARs ranged from 3.3 to 8.4 W/kg. A statistically significant (P < .001) increase in average corneal temperature (32.2 degrees C +/- 0.7 before imaging, 33.1 degrees C +/- 0.6 after) was associated with MR imaging of the eye. The changes in corneal temperature ranged from 0.2 degrees to 1.8 degrees C (average, 0.9 degrees C). The highest corneal temperature measured after MR imaging was 35.1 degrees C. MR imaging performed with a dedicated local coil at the SARs studied produced elevations in corneal temperature that were physiologically inconsequential and below the temperature threshold (41 degrees to 55 degrees C) for radio-frequency radiation-induced cataractogenesis.


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