MRI active guidewire with an embedded temperature probe and providing a distinct tip signal to enhance clinical safety
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The field of interventional cardiovascular MRI is hampered by the unavailability of active guidewires that are both safe and conspicuous. Heating of conductive guidewires is difficult to predict in vivo and disruptive to measure usin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance |
| Online Access: | http://jcmr-online.com/content/14/1/38 |