Abstract #0870
Visualization of porcine gastric ulcer in vivo using intracavitary RF probe and its navigation system
Yuichiro Matsuoka 1,2 , Yoshinori Morita 3 , Yoshiki Hashioka 4 , Etsuko Kumamoto 5 , Hiromu Kutsumi 2 , Takeshi Azuma 2 , and Kagayaki Kuroda 6
1
Center for Information and Neural Networks,
National Institute of Information and Communications
Technology, Suita, Japan,
2
Department
of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of
Medicine, Kobe, Japan,
3
Department
of Gastroenterology, Kobe University School of Medicine,
Kobe, Japan,
4
Faculty of Engineering, Kobe
University, Kobe, Japan,
5
Information
Science and Technology Center, Kobe University, Kobe,
Japan,
6
School
of Information Science and Technology, Tokai University,
Hiratsuka, Japan
An integrated MR-endoscope system that provides high
quality MR images with an endoscopic view and
information of the scope location has been developed to
improve the accuracy and safety of endoscopy and
endoscopic surgeries. To examine the feasibility of this
system, the MR imaging of a gastric ulcer in animal
experiments was conducted in vivo. Using an
intra-cavitary RF coil for 1.5T-MRI with navigation, the
gastric ulcer region was visualized in T1- and
T2-weighted images with sufficient SNR and CNR. These MR
images could correspond to a histological specimen of
ulcer region. Therefore, the feasibility of this system
was demonstrated.
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