MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING GUIDEWIRE PROBE

• Main Authors: BOTTOMLEY, PAUL, A, LARDO, ALBERT, C, KARMARKAR, PARAG, HALPERIN, HENRY, R, MCNAMARA, CHRISTINE, ENGER, ATALAR, ERGIN, YANG, XIAOMING, MCVEIGH, ELLIOTT, R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 18.01.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEASURING; MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS; SURGERY; TESTING

The invention describes a system, method, and means for an MRI guidewire that can be visible on an MRI; can act as an antenna, and receive MRI signals from surrounding subject matter; and can allow the use of multiple interventional tools without removal of the guide wire from a subject. The antenna...