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Abstract #1856

Post-Mortem In-Situ Vs in Vitro and in Vivo RF Safety Evaluation of a Two-Channel Intravascular Active Guidewire for Cardiovascular Interventional MRI

Christina E. Saikus1, Merdim Sonmez1, Israel M. Barbash1, Vincent Wu1, Jamie A. Bell1, Christopher J. Yeung1, Robert J. Lederman1, Ozgur Kocaturk1

1Translational Medicine Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States


Devices for interventional MRI must be evaluated for potential radiofrequency induced heating but phantom heating tests can be difficult to relate to intended uses in vivo. We examined in vivo and post-mortem in situ device heating in swine and more realistic phantom in vitro testing of an actively visualized guidewire for interventional cardiovascular MRI.