title: Needle artifact localization in 3T MR images.
abstract: This work explores an image-based approach for localizing needles during MRI-guided interventions, for the purpose of tracking and navigation. Susceptibility artifacts for several needles of varying thickness were imaged, in phantoms, using a 3 tesla MRI system, under a variety of conditions. The relationship between the true needle positions and the locations of artifacts within the images, determined both by manual and automatic segmentation methods, have been quantified and are presented here.
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02115, USA. simond@bwh.harvard.edu
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: DiMaio
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Kacher
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fichtinger
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Zientara
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Panych
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kikinis
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Jolesz
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009339:Needles; D014481:United States