Safety Simulation-Based Assessment of RF-Induced Heating in MRI for Conductive Implants
Biomedical Engineering
Alina Jelinski
Abstract
This project is a safety simulation based assessment using electromagnetic modeling to investigate how MRI radiofrequency fields interact with conductive deep brain stimulation (DBS) implants. A patient inspired phantom was simulated in a 1.5 T MRI environment to gain insights on incident electric fields and localized specific absorption rate (SAR) hotspots.
The aim of the research is to better understand implant coupling for bilateral systems and identify mitigation strategies that could support safer MRI conditions for patients.