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Abstract #0750

Real-time Needle Tracking Under 0.55T MRI Using Current Controlled B1 Field Artifacts

Dogangun Uzun1,2, Dursun Korel Yildirim1, Rajiv Ramasawmy1, Amanda Potersnak1, Adrienne Campbell-Washburn1, Ozgur Kocaturk3, and Robert J. Lederman1
1National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States, 2Institute of Biomadical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 3Transmural Systems, Andover, MA, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Interventional Devices, Interventional DevicesIn this work, an interventional device tracking method under high performance 0.55T MRI is presented using a custom designed nitinol needle. Ultra-thin miniature solenoid coil markers were designed and printed on the needle using conductive ink. A negative contrast is created around the needle by applying an alternative current to the markers and hence introducing an offset to the B1 field. A signal generator circuit is designed for supplying and controlling the AC signal and the visibility of the needle is tested under MRI with in-vitro experiments during a real time b-SSFP sequence.

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