Interventional MR: vascular applications

Eur Radiol. 1999;9(8):1488-95. doi: 10.1007/s003300050875.

Abstract

Three strategies for visualisation of MR-dedicated guidewires and catheters have been proposed, namely active tracking, the technique of locally induced field inhomogeneity and passive susceptibility-based tracking. In this article the pros and cons of these techniques are discussed, including the development of MR-dedicated guidewires and catheters, scan techniques, post-processing tools, and display facilities for MR tracking. Finally, some of the results obtained with MR tracking are discussed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation
  • Angioplasty, Balloon / methods
  • Animals
  • Artifacts
  • Catheterization / instrumentation
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / instrumentation
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Radiology, Interventional
  • Swine