MRI induced heating of pacemaker leads: Effect of temperature probe positioning and pacemaker placement on lead tip heating and local SAR

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1889-1892

  Mattei, E ^a   Calcagnini, G ^a   Triventi, M ^a   Censi, F ^a   Bartolini, P ^a   Kainz, W ^b   Bassen, H ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

FLUOROPTIC PROBES; LOCAL ABSORPTION RATE (SAR); PHANTOM; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELD;

PACEMAKERS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDY; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34047158788     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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