In vitro investigation of pacemaker lead heating induced by magnetic resonance imaging: Role of implant geometry

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 879-886

  Calcagnini, Giovanni ^a   Triventi, Michele ^a   Censi, Federica ^a   Mattei, Eugenio ^a,b   Bartolini, Pietro ^a   Kainz, Wolfgang ^c   Bassen, Howard I ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Fluoroptic measurements; Implant geometry; Lead heating; Pacemaker; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOMETRY; HEATING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PACEMAKER LEAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HOT TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 53549088320     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21536     Document Type: Article

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