Abstract #2955

Augmented Reality Visualization Using Image-Overlay for MR-Guided Interventions: Shoulder and Hip Arthrography in Cadavers at 1.5 Tesla

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.