inductive coupling

MRI Conditional Actively-Tracked Metallic Electrophysiology Catheters and Guidewires with Miniature Tethered Radio-Frequency Traps: Theory, Design and Validation

Author(s)3: Akbar Alipour, Eric S. Meyer, Charles Dumoulin, Ronald Watkins, Hassan Elahi, Wolfgang Loew, Jeffrey Schweitzer, Gregory Olson, Yue Chen, Susumu Tau, Michael Guttman, Aravindan Kolandaivelu, Henry Halperin, Ehud Schmidt
MRI Conditional Actively-Tracked Metallic Electrophysiology Catheters and Guidewires with Miniature Tethered Radio-Frequency Traps: Theory, Design and Validation 500 371 IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME)
Cardiovascular interventional devices typically have long metallic braids or backbones to aid in steerability and pushability. However, electromagnetic coupling of metallic-based cardiovascular interventional devices with the radiofrequency (RF) fields present during Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can make a device unsafe for use in an MRI scanner. We aimed to develop MRI conditional actively-tracked cardiovascular interventional devices by sufficiently attenuating induced currents on the metallic braid/tube and internal-cabling using miniaturized resonant floating RF traps (MBaluns). We provided electromagnetic simulation revealing MBalun critical dimensions, along with phantom heating and swine experiments that validate the designs. read more
Wrap-Around Wearable Coils for Seamless Monitoring of Joint Flexion

Wrap-Around Wearable Coils for Seamless Monitoring of Joint Flexion

Author(s)3: Vigyanshu Mishra, Asimina Kiourti
Wrap-Around Wearable Coils for Seamless Monitoring of Joint Flexion 170 177 IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME)

Monitoring human body kinematics can open doors to innumerable applications in sectors including (a) healthcare (rehabilitation, and research on understanding complicated motor disabling conditions), (b) sports (rehabilitation and training), (c)…

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