Role of the lead structure in MRI-induced heating: In vitro measurements on 30 commercial pacemaker/defibrillator leads

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 925-935

  Mattei, Eugenio ^a   Calcagnini, Giovanni ^a   Censi, Federica ^a   Triventi, Michele ^a   Bartolini, Pietro ^a  

^a Italian National Institute of Heath   (Italy)

Author keywords

implantable cardioverter defibrillator; MRI; pacemaker; radiofrequency heating

Indexed keywords

DEFIBRILLATORS; HEATING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKERS; SCANNING;

CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS; IMPLANTABLE PACEMAKER; INDUCED HEATING; LEAD STRUCTURE; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO FREQUENCY HEATING; RADIO-FREQUENCY FIELDS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICES; ELECTRODE; HEATING; IMPLANTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETER; TRUNK; X RAY;

EID: 84859105806     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23067     Document Type: Article

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