Ugur Yilmaz1, 2, Li Pan3, Ergin Atalar1, 2
1Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey; 2UMRAM, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey; 3Siemens Corporate Research, Center for Applied Medical Imaging, Baltimore, MD, United States
Inductively coupled catheter coils are advantageous for interventional procedures, since they require no connection to MR scanners, which reduces the difficulties such as device-handling and RF safety problems faced with active catheters. In our study, we developed and implemented one way of interactive real-time inductively coupled catheter coil tracking, using two transmit channels; from an external computer on which our interactive real-time software is installed. The software enables user to change the RF attributes of transmit channels in real-time so that the B1 polarization can be altered accordingly which affects the visualization of inductively coupled catheter.