Li Pan1, Julien
Barbot2, Steven M. Shea1, Sunil Patil1,
Klaus J. Kirchberg2, Glenn Meredith2, Tongbai Meng1,
Eugene G. Kholmovski3,4, Sathya Vijayakumar3,4, Kamal
Vij5, Mike Guttman5, Peter G. Piferi5,
Kimble L. Jenkins5, Christine H. Lorenz1
1Center for
Applied Medical Imaging, Siemens Corporate Research, Baltimore, MD, USA; 2Center
for Applied Medical Imaging, Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton, NJ, USA; 3UCAIR,
Department of Radiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; 4CARMA
Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; 5SurgiVision,
Inc., Irvine, CA, USA
In this work, we present an integrated system that incorporates active device tracking implemented in an interactive real-time sequence as well as a graphical interface for real-time catheter visualization and navigation. The system supports tracking and visualization of multiple catheters and several options for automatically updating imaging planes. The tracking provided robust catheter location accuracy, and the visualization of the catheters provided the users with an environment similar as with X-ray fluoroscopy guided procedures. The system is especially suitable for MR guided intravascular interventions in which real-time catheter tracking and visualization for navigation is mandatory.
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