RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 MR-Guided Catheter Navigation of the Intracranial Subarachnoid Space
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 626
OP 629
VO 24
IS 4
A1 George Rappard
A1 Gregory J. Metzger
A1 James L. Fleckenstein
A1 Evelyn E. Babcock
A1 Paul T. Weatherall
A1 Robert E. Replogle
A1 G. Lee Pride, Jr
A1 Susan L. Miller
A1 Christina E. Adams
A1 Phillip D. Purdy
YR 2003
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/4/626.abstract
AB Summary: Percutaneous intraspinal navigation (PIN) is a new minimally invasive approach to the CNS. The authors studied the utility of MR-guided intracranial navigation following access to the subarachnoid compartment via PIN. The passive tracking technique was employed to visualize devices during intracranial navigation. Under steady-state free precession (SSFP) MR-guidance a microcatheter-microguidewire was successfully navigated to multiple brain foci in two cadavers. SSFP MR fluoroscopy possesses adequate contrast and temporal resolution to allow MR-guided intracranial navigation.