Powering solutions for biomedical sensors and implants inside the human body: A comprehensive review on energy harvesting units, energy storage, and wireless …

S Roy, ANMW Azad, S Baidya… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For implantable medical devices, it is of paramount importance to ensure uninterrupted
energy supply to different circuits and subcircuits. Instead of relying on battery stored energy …

The physics of MRI safety

LP Panych, B Madore - Journal of Magnetic Resonance …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The main risks associated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have been extensively
reported and studied; for example, everyday objects may turn into projectiles, energy …

RF-induced heating in tissue near bilateral DBS implants during MRI at 1.5 T and 3T: The role of surgical lead management

L Golestanirad, J Kirsch, G Bonmassar, S Downs… - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
Access to MRI is limited for patients with deep brain stimulation (DBS) implants due to safety
hazards, including radiofrequency (RF) heating of tissue surrounding the leads …

Magnetic resonance imaging in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices with abandoned leads

RD Schaller, T Brunker, MP Riley… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the modality of choice for many conditions.
Conditional devices and novel protocols for imaging patients with legacy cardiac …

A technique to evaluate MRI-induced electric fields at the ends of practical implanted lead

S Feng, R Qiang, W Kainz… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel technique for efficient evaluation of magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI)-induced electric fields or induced voltages in the vicinity of implanted metallic …

Magnetic resonance imaging safety in pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients: how far have we come?

P Nordbeck, G Ertl, O Ritter - European heart journal, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has long been regarded a general contraindication in
patients with cardiovascular implanted electronic devices such as cardiac pacemakers or …

Local SAR near deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes at 64 and 127 MH z: A simulation study of the effect of extracranial loops

L Golestanirad, LM Angelone, MI Iacono… - Magnetic resonance …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose MRI may cause brain tissue around deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes to
become excessively hot, causing lesions. The presence of extracranial loops in the DBS …

Numerical simulations of realistic lead trajectories and an experimental verification support the efficacy of parallel radiofrequency transmission to reduce heating of …

CE McElcheran, L Golestanirad, MI Iacono, PS Wei… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Patients with deep brain stimulation (DBS) implants may be subject to heating during MRI
due to interaction with excitatory radiofrequency (RF) fields. Parallel RF transmit (pTx) has …

Safety and image quality at 7T MRI for deep brain stimulation systems: Ex vivo study with lead-only and full-systems

B Bhusal, J Stockmann, B Guerin, A Mareyam, J Kirsch… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Ultra-high field MRI at 7 T can produce much better visualization of sub-cortical structures
compared to lower field, which can greatly help target verification as well as overall …

Reconfigurable MRI coil technology can substantially reduce RF heating of deep brain stimulation implants: First in-vitro study of RF heating reduction in bilateral DBS …

L Golestanirad, E Kazemivalipour, B Keil, S Downs… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Patients with deep brain stimulation (DBS) implants can significantly benefit from magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI), however access to MRI is restricted in these patients because of …