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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Steffen Weiss, Hamburg, DE;
Thomas Erik Amthor, Hamburg, DE;
Sascha Krueger, Hamburg, DE;
Daniel Wirtz, Hamburg, DE;
Falk Uhlemann, Hamburg, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance (MR) system () for guidance of a shaft or needle () to a target () of a subject () is provided. The system includes a user interface (). The user interface () includes a frame () positioned on a surface of the subject (). The frame () includes an opening () over an entry point of a planned trajectory for the shaft or needle (). The planned trajectory extends from the entry point to the target (). The user interface () further includes one or more visual indicators () arranged on the frame () around the opening (). The one or more visual indicators () at least one of: 1) visually indicate deviation of the shaft or needle () from the planned trajectory; and 2) visually indicate a current position of a real-time slice of real-time MR images.