Abstract #2238

Electrocorticography grids might cause excessive heating during MR imaging

Emad Ahmadi¹, Reza Atefi¹, Emad Eskandar², Alexandra J. Golby³, Michael H. Lev¹, Rajiv Gupta¹, and Giorgio Bonmassar¹

¹Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States, ²Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States, ³Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

Electrocorticography grids are routinely implanted over the cortex for pre-surgical planning in epilepsy surgery. We propose that MR imaging at 3T might cause heating injury in patients with implanted electrocorticography grids.

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