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Name Suguru Nakamura
Belonging department Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion,Faculty of Health Care
Occupation name Lecturer
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Title 

Noninvasive Temperature Measurement during Acupuncture Treatment Using MRI

					

					

						

							

								

									
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Date of Issue 

									
								

							

						

						
201409

					

					

						

							

								

									
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6th Asian Congress of Hyperthermic Oncology and The 31th Japanese Congress of Thermal Medicine, p.169

					

					

						

							

								

									
Summary 

									
								

							

						

						
Using MRI, temperature distribution inside human shank at ST36 has been measured. The measured temperature using MRI under acupuncture treatment was obtained. This paper concluded that the noninvasive temperature distribution measurement is an innovative methodology for research in the not only traditional oriental medicine but also western medicine and hyperthermia field.