An RF-induced voltage sensor for investigating pacemaker safety in MRI.

Date publication

décembre 2014

Journal

Magma (New York, N.Y.)

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr FELBLINGER Jacques

Tous les auteurs :
Barbier T, Piumatti R, Hecker B, Odille F, Felblinger J, Pasquier C

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24627124

Résumé

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is inadvisable for patients with pacemakers, as radiofrequency (RF) voltages induced in the pacemaker leads may cause the device to malfunction. Our goal is to develop a sensor to measure such RF-induced voltages during MRI safety tests.

Mots clés

Contraindications, Equipment Design, Equipment Failure Analysis, Equipment Safety, instrumentation, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, instrumentation, Optical Fibers, Pacemaker, Artificial, Radio Waves, Radiometry, instrumentation, Reproducibility of Results, Sensitivity and Specificity, Transducers

Référence

MAGMA. 2014 Dec;27(6):539-49