The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
Technical report
Medical positioning system: a technical report
EuroInterv.2008;4:158-160.
Moshe Y. Flugelman1,2*, MD; Avinoam Shiran1,2, MD; Danielle Nusimovici-Avadis3, MD; Liat Schwartz3, PhD; Adrian Herscovici3; Amit Cohen3; Rona Shofti2, DVM; Basil S. Lewis1,2, MD; Andreas Luchner4, MD; Andreas Jeron4, MD
1. Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel; 2. Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion IIT, Haifa, Israel; 3. MediGuide Ltd. Haifa, Israel; 4. University Hospital, Regensburg, Germany
The Medical Positioning System (MPS) is based on magnetic tracking technology and is employed in conjunction with an X-ray imaging system in a catheterisation laboratory. By using the system, MPS-enabled devices