Keywords: Safety, Safety
Motivation: The RF-induced heating from different configurations of open impedance leads connected to a commercial Pulse Generator (IPG) was investigated. It was observed the RF-induced heating from open impedance leads can behave differently from an intact lead.
Goal(s): Heating in the distal end of open impedance leads need to be estimated.
Approach: Transfer functions and heating measurements were performed.
Results: Most open-impedance configurations led to increased electrode heating with the highest heating occurring when only a single channel of the eight-channel lead was left intact. Additionally, significant differences in heating were found depending on the location of the open impedance.
Impact: Patients with open impedance fractured leads could take MR scan with the help of this study.
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