| 摘要 |
<p>Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are performed combining the use of a magnetic stereotaxis system (MSS) and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system within the totality of a procedure. An apparatus and theater where this method may be performed is also described. The types of medical procedures which may be performed include, but are not limited to, all forms of surgery, diagnoses and therapies in which instrumentality may be placed, positioned or repositioned within a patient where direct or indirect (e.g., endoscopic or other optical) visualization may be difficult or impossible. A magnetic sterotaxis system (MSS) is functionally integrated with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system to provide a non-invasive, radiation-free modality for integrated MRI/MSS tracking of an interventional medical device. The tracking may be between two or more target locations within a patient's body or between a portal location and target locations. An integrated MSS/MRI system (method and apparatus and theater) is provided where a single computer system or CPU provides all major computational and manipulative functions to the data and signals within the performance of all of the apparatus within the MRI and MSS combined system. The computer system may also provide control of the movement or motivation of a motor driven support for the patient (e.g., a single motor driven sliding gantry) to physically move a patient between MRI and MSS stations within a single room or attached rooms housing the entire magnetic neurosurgical apparatus.</p> |
