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1. HH Qiu, GP Cofer, LW Hedlund, GA Johnson, Automated feedback control of body temperature for small animal studies with MR microscopy., IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering, UNITED STATES, vol. 44 no. 11 (November, 1997), pp. 1107-13 .
   (last updated on 2005/08/03)

   Abstract:
   A temperature control system consisting of a thermistor, signal processor, and computer algorithm was developed for magnetic resonance (MR) microscopy of small live animals. With control of body temperature within +/- 0.2 degree C of the set point, heart rate is stabilized and, in turn, repetition time (TR) during cardiac-gated studies is less variable. Thus, image quality and resolution are improved.

   Keywords:
   Animals • Body Temperature • Equipment Design • Feedback • Ferrets • Guinea Pigs • Magnetic Resonance Imaging • Mice • Microscopy • Models, Biological • Monitoring, Physiologic • Rats • Respiration, Artificial • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted* • Thermometers* • instrumentation • methods • physiology*