Tuned fiducial markers to identify body locations with minimal perturbation of tissue magnetization

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 491-493

  Burl, Michael ^a   Coutts, Glyn A ^a   Young, Ian R ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

active fiducial units; catheters for use in MR systems; frameless stereotaxy; MRI; position markers

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIZATION;

ACTIVE FIDUCIAL UNITS; FIDUCIAL MARKER; FIDUCIALS; POSITION MARKERS; RF PULSE; SMALL CELLS; STEREOTAXY;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL DETECTION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0029781333     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910360326     Document Type: Article

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