Title :
Fusion of magnetic resonance imaging and ultra-wideband-radar for biomedical applications
Author :
Thiel, Florian ; Hein, Matthias ; Schwarz, Ulrich ; Sachs, Jürgen ; Seifert, Frank
Author_Institution :
Phys.-Tech. Bundesanstalt, Berlin
Abstract :
Due to the recent advances in ultra-wideband (UWB)-radar technologies, there has been widespread interest in medical applications of this technology. We propose the multimodal combination of magnetic resonance (MR) and UWB-radar for improved functional diagnosis and imaging. A demonstrator was established to prove the feasibility of simultaneous acquisition of physiological events by magnetic resonance imaging and UWB-radar.
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; ultra wideband radar; biomedical applications; functional diagnosis; functional imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; multimodal combination; ultra-wideband-radar; Biological system modeling; Biomedical monitoring; Dielectrics; Electrocardiography; Humans; Imaging phantoms; Magnetic resonance imaging; Optical imaging; Ultra wideband technology; Ultrasonic imaging; MR-navigator; cardiac MR; high-field MRI; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); tissue-mimicking phantoms; ultra-wideband (UWB)-radar;
Conference_Titel :
Ultra-Wideband, 2008. ICUWB 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hannover
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2216-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1827-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICUWB.2008.4653293
