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Abstract #4402

Automatic Slice Positioning of the Interventional Guidewire Using Passive Paramagnetic Markers

Sunil Patil1, Oliver Bieri1, Permi Jhooti1, Klaus Scheffler1

1Division of Radiological Physics, University of Basel Hospital, Basel, Switzerland


In this work, a novel method for passive real-time tracking of paramagnetic markers is proposed, termed Projection Reconstruction Imaging using echo-Dephasing (PRIDE). PRIDE is based on the acquisition of projections along all three physical (X, Y, and Z) axes, enabling a real-time positional update of the slice to the detected guidewire location. PRIDE exploits paramagnetic marker-related gradients along each projection to give rise to peak signal corresponding to marker position. Our initial in-vitro and in-vivo results indicate that PRIDE can be successfully used for real-time slice positioning.

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