PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rappard, George
AU  - Metzger, Gregory J.
AU  - Fleckenstein, James L.
AU  - Babcock, Evelyn E.
AU  - Weatherall, Paul T.
AU  - Replogle, Robert E.
AU  - Pride, G. Lee
AU  - Miller, Susan L.
AU  - Adams, Christina E.
AU  - Purdy, Phillip D.
TI  - MR-Guided Catheter Navigation of the Intracranial Subarachnoid Space
DP  - 2003 Apr 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 626--629
VI  - 24
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/4/626.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/4/626.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2003 Apr 01; 24
AB  - Summary: Percutaneous intraspinal navigation (PIN) is a new minimally invasive approach to the CNS. The authors studied the utility of MR-guided intracranial navigation following access to the subarachnoid compartment via PIN. The passive tracking technique was employed to visualize devices during intracranial navigation. Under steady-state free precession (SSFP) MR-guidance a microcatheter-microguidewire was successfully navigated to multiple brain foci in two cadavers. SSFP MR fluoroscopy possesses adequate contrast and temporal resolution to allow MR-guided intracranial navigation.