[Active MR tracking system at 0.2T MR, a preliminary report: real time position tracking on interventional MR]

Nihon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai Zasshi. 1997 Nov;57(13):877-9.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

An active MR tracking system was installed in a 0.2 T open-type MRI. Interventional devices with a receive-only microcoil at their tips were newly developed for tracking at 0.2T. The low signal-to-noise ratio at 0.2T required the microcoils to have a diameter of about 2 mm and 20 turns for stable tracking. Simulation of MR-guided biopsy using biplane images with tracking in the gelatin phantom was performed. MR tracking in the aorta and IVC of a dog by a catheter with a microcoil at its tip was successful.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dogs
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / instrumentation
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / standards
  • Models, Structural