Electromagnetic tracking for CT-guided spine interventions: Phantom, ex-vivo and in-vivo results

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 990-994

  Bruners, Philipp ^a,b   Penzkofer, Tobias ^a,b   Nagel, Markus ^c   Elfring, Robert ^a   Gronloh, Nina ^b   Schmitz Rode, Thomas ^a   Günther, Rolf W ^b   Mahnken, Andreas H ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c CAS Innovations AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Interventional radiology; Navigation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EX VIVO STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MONITORING; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SPINE; SWINE; ANIMAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE QUALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 62649090620     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1227-z     Document Type: Article

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