Ghost imaging in MRI.
Needle biopsies and other interventions done under MR Fluoroscopy sometimes do not show the target well, either because the rapid sequence does not have adequate contrast or because a contrast agent may have washed out of the target. In these cases, an image that shows the target can be saved and scaled to match the spatial parameters of the fluoroscopic sequence, and used as a virtual or ghost field upon which the fluoroscopic images are superimposed, thus providing a view of the target, useful for needle pre-localization and for monitoring its progress as it is inserted.
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Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Goldhaber
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Kramer
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Hawryszko
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Georgian-Smith
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Haynor
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