| abstract |
Disclosed are systems and methods for marking the location and extent of an anatomical region of interest, such as a tumor, using a magnetic seed whose position and orientation is measured or detected by a detection device that includes two or more magnetic sensors. The One or more magnetic seeds are embedded to mark and define the center and extent of the anatomical region of interest, and a magnetic sensor based detection system is used to accurately locate the magnetic seed. [Selection] Figure 1 |