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Abstract #4329

Development of a Wireless Intra-Operative MR Geometry Planning System

Martyn Paley1, Minty Ledger2, Martin O. Leach3, Ray Hughes4, Ali Akgun4

1Academic Radiology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom; 2Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom; 3Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey , United Kingdom; 4Imaging, Specialty Magnetics Ltd., Northolt, Middlesex, United Kingdom

A wireless interface device has been interfaced to graphical geonetry planning software to allow non-contact remote interaction with the scan software for interventional MR. The device has been tested on a 0.17T orthopedic/neonatal and a 0.5T intra-operative MRI system.

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