Jan Fritz1, Paweena U-Thainual2, 3, Tamas Ungi4, Aaron J. Flammang5, Gabor Fichtinger4, Iulian I. Iordachita2, John A. Carrino1
1Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States; 2Department of Mechanical Engineering and Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States; 3Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada; 4School of Computing, Queens University, Kingston, ON, Canada; 5Center for Applied Medical Imaging, Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton, NJ, United States
Augmented reality navigated interventional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging can help to overcome a fundamental limitation of MR arthrography, namely the spatial separation of the two interdependent procedures of intra-articular injection of a Gadolinium-based contrast agent and diagnostic MR imaging of the respective joint. Our study shows that the novel augmented reality Image-Overlay System provides accurate and reproducible MR imaging guidance for successful shoulder and hip arthrography in human cadavers, supporting further evaluation with clinical trials.