Redesigned systems may increase access to MRI for patients with implanted medical devices

May 5, 2015

 

New technology developed at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital, by Giorgio Bonmasar and colleagues, may extend the benefits of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to many patients whose access to MRI is currently limited. A redesign of the wire at the core of the leads that carry signals between implanted medical devices and their target structures significantly reduces the generation of heat that occurs when standard wires are exposed to the radiofrequency (RF) energy used in MRI. The novel system is described in a paper published in the online Nature journal Scientific Reports.

Read the full MGH news release here.