Clinical effectiveness of hyperthermia treatments, in which tumor tissue is artificially heated to 40-44 °C for 60-90 min, can be hampered by a lack of accurate temperature monitoring. The need for noninvasive temperature monitoring in the head and neck region (H&N) and the potential of MR thermometry prompt us to design an MR compatible hyperthermia applicator: the MRcollar. In this work, we validate the design, numerical model, and MR performance of the MRcollar. The MRcollar antennas have low reflection coefficients (<-15 dB) and the intended low interaction between the individual antenna modules (<-32 dB). A 10 °C increase in 3 min was reached in a muscle-equivalent phantom, such that the specifications from the European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology were easily reached. The MRcollar had a minimal effect on MR image quality and a five-fold improvement in SNR was achieved using the integrated coils of the MRcollar, compared to the body coil. The feasibility of using the MRcollar in an MR environment was shown by a synchronous heating experiment. The match between the predicted SAR and measured SAR using MR thermometry satisfied the gamma criteria [distance-to-agreement = 5 mm, dose-difference = 7%]. All experiments combined show that the MRcollar delivers on the needs for MR-hyperthermia in the H&N and is ready for in vivo investigation.

Department of Biomedical Technology Czech Technical University Prague nam Sítna 3105 272 01 Kladno Czech Republic

Department of Electrical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology 5612 AZ Eindhoven The Netherlands

Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Erasmus Medical Center Cancer Institute 3015 GD Rotterdam The Netherlands

Department of Radiotherapy Erasmus Medical Center Cancer Institute 3015 GD Rotterdam The Netherlands

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