Abstract
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has traditionally been used exclusively in a role for patient diagnosis. However, it is unlikely that this role is sufficient for its continued prominence in medical imaging. Instead, the more ambitious role in diagnosis and also therapy/intervention will occur as demand for minimally invasive procedures increases. Fortunately, with recent improvement in technical specifications and creative pulse sequence design, MRI systems can now provide high quality near-real-time images that facilitate a variety of image-guided procedures, many based around delivery via catheters. While X-ray opacity is not available as a means for detecting the progression of the catheter in MRI systems today, a variety of novel hardware devices have been designed and used for MRI catheter tracking. This report provides a brief review of some fundamental methods for catheter tracking in MRI.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 199-208 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2002 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Catheter
- Hardware
- Intervention
- MRI
- Tracking
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging