High-precision absolute positioning of medical instruments in MRI systems

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 743-746

  Aboussouan, Eric ^a,b   Martel, Sylvain ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absolute positioning; Convolution; Ferromagnetic tracking; Microdevice; MRI

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ABSOLUTE POSITIONING; FERROMAGNETIC TRACKING; READ-OUT GRADIENTS; SUSCEPTIBILITY DISTORTION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; EVALUATION STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 34047122205     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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