Numerical Simulations of RF Induced Heating in MRI

Registration: Open to all.
Date: April 26, 2003
Time: 11:00 am
Venue: M.Sc. Seminar Room, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore

Abstract:

MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) is a very useful medical procedure to get high quality images inside the body. Felix Bloch and Edward Purcell discovered the magnetic resonance phenomenon independently in 1946. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1952. The use of MRI is increasing every day and has become a very useful tool for diagnosis. However, patients with artificial implants, e.g. heart pace makers, DBS (Deep Brain Stimulation) systems, which are used for Parkinson’s disease, IPG (Implantable Pulse Generator), used for generating pulses for DBS, are in severe danger for MRI testing. The problems for such patients going under MRI are that the generation of the induced eddy currents inside the metallic implants that causes heating. This heating, if goes above a certain level, can cause brain damage and can even result in death. We are doing numerical computations using FDTD (Finite Difference Time Domain) to estimate the heating produced inside the body using the human data set.



Resource Persons:
Speaker
Arsalan Amjad
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, USA




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