Title :
3D magnetic tracking of a single subminiature coil with a large 2D-array of uniaxial transmitters
Author :
Paperno ; Plotkin, A.
Author_Institution :
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev., Dep.of Electrical and computer Eng.,, Beer-Sheva, Israel
fDate :
March 30 2003-April 3 2003
Abstract :
In this paper, we describe a novel system and method for magnetic tracking of a single subminiature coil, which can be used, for example for intrabody navigation of flexible medical instruments.
Keywords :
biomagnetism; biomedical equipment; coils; iterative methods; magnetic devices; tracking; 2D-array transmitting coil; 3D magnetic tracking; flexible medical instruments; intrabody navigation; single subminiature magnetic coil; uniaxial transmitters; Coils; Copper; Instruments; Interference; Iterative algorithms; Navigation; Signal to noise ratio; Transmitters; Wire; Wounds;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2003. INTERMAG 2003. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7647-1
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230365
