Magnetic resonance conditional paramagnetic choke for suppression of imaging artifacts during magnetic resonance imaging

Abstract

Higher risk patient populations require continuous physiological monitoring and, in some cases, connected life-support systems, during magnetic resonance imaging examinations. While recently there has been a shift toward wireless technology, some of the magnetic resonance imaging devices are still connected to the outside using cabling that could interfere with the magnetic resonance imaging’s radio frequency during scanning, resulting in excessive heating. We developed a passive method for radio frequency suppression on cabling that may assist in making some of these devices magnetic resonance imaging compatible. A barrel-shaped strongly paramagnetic choke was developed to suppress induced radio frequency signals which are overlaid onto physiological monitoring leads during magnetic resonance imaging. It utilized a choke placed along the signal lines, with a gadolinium solution core. The choke’s magnetic susceptibility was modeled, for a given geometric design, at increasing chelate concentration levels, and measured using a vibrating sample magnetometer. Radio frequency noise suppression versus frequency was quantified with network-analyzer measurements and tested using cabling placed in the magnetic resonance imaging scanner. Temperature-elevation and image-quality reduction due to the device were measured using American Society for Testing and Materials phantoms. Prototype chokes with gadolinium solution cores exhibited increasing magnetic susceptibility, and insertion loss (S21) also showed higher attenuation as gadolinium concentration increased. Image artifacts extending <4 mm from the choke were observed during magnetic resonance imaging, which agreed well with the predicted ∼3 mm artifact from the electrochemical machining simulation. An accompanying temperature increase of <1 °C was observed in the magnetic resonance imaging phantom trial. An effective paramagnetic choke for radio frequency suppression during magnetic resonance imaging was developed and its performance demonstrated.

Keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging safety radio frequency heating magnetic resonance imaging safe leads radio frequency thermal effects

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