Journal article
Guidewire antennas for MR fluoroscopy.
- Ladd ME Department of Radiology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland.
- Erhart P
- Debatin JF
- Hofmann E
- Boesiger P
- von Schulthess GK
- McKinnon GC
- 1997-06-01
Published in:
- Magnetic resonance in medicine. - 1997
English
Before MRI can be used for guiding vascular interventions, the problem of dependably visualizing guidewires must be solved. Ideally, the position and curvature of the tip of the guidewire should be visible to facilitate steering through the vascular system. In this paper, various antennas are described that can be incorporated into a guidewire tip. These antennas allow the guidewire to be visualized with high contrast. Computer simulation and experimental evidence are presented showing the value of adding a passive MR signal source, with a short T1, internal to the coil. The internal source increases the available signal, narrows the apparent width of the guidewire, and allows the use of fast imaging sequences.
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
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- DOI 10.1002/mrm.1910370614
- PMID 9178241
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/185640
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