Burl M, Coutts G A, Herlihy D J, Hill-Cottingham R, Eastham J F, Hajnal J V, Young I R
Picker International, Inc, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Magn Reson Med. 1999 Mar;41(3):636-8. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2594(199903)41:3<636::aid-mrm30>3.0.co;2-a.
An RF coil, made by twisting a conventional wire loop, was tuned to form an extended sensor to provide an effective method of showing the track of a catheter. A twisted-pair coil can be made small enough in diameter to pass through needles in common clinical use. The coil has a very small field of view and in transmit/receive operation has minimal effect on the magnetization of the surrounding tissue.