Patent Document ID: 8880149
Application ID: 13627171
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for localization of a coil for magnetic resonance (MR)-guided intervention, the system comprising: the coil; a medical device operable to be positioned within a patient, the coil connected with the medical device; an MR receiver connected with the coil; and a processor connected with the MR receiver, the processor configured to: (a) calculate X, Y, and Z data from information from the coil received in response to MR pulses, the X, Y, and Z data representing intensity as a function of spatial location along X, Y, and Z axes, respectively; (b) decompose the X, Y, and Z data into multiple scales; and (c) detect a position of the coil as a function of the decomposition and at least two transitions in the intensity in each of the X, Y, and Z axes.