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New Materials for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) – Fiber-Reinforced Guide Wires and Catheters for Minimal Invasive Interventions

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World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany

Part of the book series: IFMBE Proceedings ((IFMBE,volume 25/6))

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The use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in minimal invasive interventions has created new opportunities for the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses while reducing the exposure of doctors and patients to potentially harmful radiation. But it also requires the development of new MR-capable surgical instruments such as guide wires and catheters.

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  1. Fraunhofer-Institute for Production Technology IPT, Aachen, Germany

    A. Schuette, C. Brecher & M. Steyer

  2. Division Medical Imaging Systems, Philips Research Europe, Hamburg, Germany

    S. Krüger

  3. University Clinic Aachen, Radiology, Aachen, Germany

    G. A. Krombach

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  1. Inst. Biomedizinische Technik, Univ. Karlsruhe, Kaiserstr. 12, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Olaf Dössel

  2. Abt. Medizinische Physik in der Strahlentherapie, Deutsche Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Wolfgang C. Schlegel

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Schuette, A., Brecher, C., Steyer, M., Krüger, S., Krombach, G.A. (2009). New Materials for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) – Fiber-Reinforced Guide Wires and Catheters for Minimal Invasive Interventions. In: Dössel, O., Schlegel, W.C. (eds) World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 25/6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03906-5_44

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