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Electromagnetic simulation of RF burn injuries occurring at skin-skin and skin-bore wall contact points in an MRI scanner with a birdcage coil
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| Title: | Electromagnetic simulation of RF burn injuries occurring at skin-skin and skin-bore wall contact points in an MRI scanner with a birdcage coil |
| Authors: | Tang, Minghui Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Okamoto, Kiyoi Browse this author | | Haruyama, Takuya Browse this author | | Yamamoto, Toru Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | Magnetic resonance safety | | Radiofrequency burn | | Specific absorption rate | | SAR | | Electromagnetic simulation |
| Issue Date: | Feb-2021 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Journal Title: | Physica medica : European journal of medical physics |
| Volume: | 82 |
| Start Page: | 219 |
| End Page: | 227 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.02.008 |
| PMID: | 33657471 |
| Abstract: | Purpose: To simulate radiofrequency (RF) burns that frequently occur at skin-skin and skin-bore wall contact points. Methods: RF burn injuries (thumb-thigh and elbow-bore wall contacts) that typically occur on the lateral side of the body during 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans were simulated using a computational human model. The model was shifted to investigate the influence of the position of the patient in an MRI scanner. The specific absorption rate (SAR), electric field, and temperature were mapped. Results: Regarding the contact points located near the edge of the birdcage transmission coil, under the allowable maximum RF power exposure i.e., the average whole-body SAR at the safety limit value (2 W/kg), the 10-g-tissue-averaged SAR (SAR10g) at those points significantly increased for both the thumb-thigh (180 W/kg) and elbow-bore wall (48 W/kg) cases. Both values significantly exceeded the highest safety limit of the partial-body SAR (10 W/kg). The electric field, the square of which is proportional to SAR, was remarkably high near the edge of the birdcage transmission coil. The peak SAR10g for each injury case was associated with contact-point peak temperatures that reached 52 ℃ at approximately 1 min following RF exposure onset; a 1-min period of exposure to this temperature causes a first-degree burn. Conclusions: We demonstrated high heat generation in RF burn injury cases in silico. The RF heating occurring on the lateral side of the body was strongly dependent on the electric field distribution, which is dominantly determined by an RF transmission coil. |
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| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/83982 |
| Appears in Collections: | 保健科学院・保健科学研究院 (Graduate School of Health Sciences / Faculty of Health Sciences) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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