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Published online 17 October 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1178

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Non-invasive thermometer checks tissue hot spots

Magnetic resonance imaging technique could help to target heat therapy for cancer.

Paula Gould

Doctors could soon get precise temperature readings from inside the body, without using probes or needles, thanks to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique. Its inventors believe that it could improve the viability of medical therapies that involve heating tissue.

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    • 17 Oct, 2008
    • Posted by: Sergio Stagnaro