In vivo MR-tracking based on magnetic signature selective excitation

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-35

  Felfoul, Ouajdi ^a,b   Mathieu, Jean Baptiste ^a,b   Beaudoin, Gilles ^a,c   Martel, Sylvain ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetic core tracking; Interventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Magnetic dipole; Medical nanorobots; Passive tracking; Radio frequency (RF) excitation frequencies

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; FERROMAGNETISM; NANOROBOTICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

FERROMAGNETIC CORE TRACKING; MAGNETIC DIPOLE; MEDICAL NANOROBOTS; PASSIVE TRACKING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

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

EID: 37549008665     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2007.897375     Document Type: Article

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