Joint motion in an open MR unit using MR tracking

J Magn Reson Imaging. 1999 Jul;10(1):8-14. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2586(199907)10:1<8::aid-jmri2>3.0.co;2-2.

Abstract

A system for active scan plane guidance during kinematic magnetic resonance (MR) examination of joint motion was developed utilizing an external tracking coil and MR tracking software. In a phantom study and during upright, weight-bearing, physiologic knee flexion, the external tracking coil maintained the scan plane through desired structures. Thus, MR tracking provides a robust method to guide the scan plane during MR imaging of active joint motion.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Humans
  • Joints / physiology*
  • Knee Joint / physiology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / instrumentation
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Phantoms, Imaging