Development of an active intravascular MR device with an optical transmission system

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1723-1727

  Fandrey, Stephan ^a   Weiss, Steffen ^a   Müller, Jörg ^b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catheter; Intravascular imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Optical power supply; Optical transmission; Radio frequency (RF) safety

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CATHETERS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; POWER TRANSMISSION; RADIO BROADCASTING; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RESONANCE; TRANSMITTERS;

CATHETER TRACKING; INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES; INTRAVASCULAR; INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING; MR DEVICES; MR SIGNALS; MRI DEVICES; OPTICAL MODULATORS; OPTICAL POWER SUPPLY; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS; RESONANCE EFFECTS; SOFT TISSUES; TISSUE HEATING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SAFETY;

CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SAFETY;

EID: 56849123775     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2008.925079     Document Type: Article

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