Comparative Study of RF Heating in Deep Brain Stimulation Devices During MRI at 1.5 T and 0.55 T: Challenging the Assumption of Safety at Low Field Strengths

Bhumi Bhusal, Pia Panravi Sanpitak, Jasmine Vu +6

Purpose: Low-field MRI has been assumed to be implant-friendly based on limited studies. However, RF-induced heating due to an implant is a complex resonance phenomenon, highly dep…