Abstract #2551

Punctures in a Hybrid MR/X-Ray-Angiographysuite Using MR Image Overlay and Stereoscopic X-Ray Navigation: A Study in Phantoms, Animals and a Patient

Bernhard Meyer¹, Dara L. Kraitchman², Alexander Brost³, Liron Yatziv⁴, Norbert Strobel⁵, Wesley Gilson⁶, Jonathan S. Lewin⁷, Frank K. Wacker⁷

¹Radiology, Charite, Berlin, Germany; ²The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; ³Informatics - Pattern Recognition, Universitaet Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; ⁴Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton, NJ, USA; ⁵AX Division, Siemens Medical Solutions, Forchheim, Germany; ⁶Siemens Corporate Research, Baltimore, MD, USA; ⁷The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science , Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

Purpose: To test the feasibility and accuracy of the stereoscopic X-ray based MR overlay navigation for percutaneous punctures in phantoms, animals and a patient.