Journal publications*

Yao A, Murbach M, Goren T, Zastrow E, Kainz W, Kuster N, "Induced radiofrequency fields in patients undergoing MR examinations: insights for risk assessment", Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2021; https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ac212d

Silemek B, Seifert F, Petzold J, Hoffmann W, Pfeiffer H, Speck O, Rose G, Ittermann B, Winter L, "Rapid safety assessment and mitigation of radiofrequency induced implant heating using small root mean square sensors and the sensor matrix Qs", Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2021; https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28968

Yao A, Goren T, Samaras T, Kuster N, Kainz W, "Radiofrequency-induced heating of broken and abandoned implant leads during magnetic resonance examinations", Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2021, 86(4), p2156 - 2164; https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28836

Arduino A, Zanovello U, Hand J, Zilberti L, Brühl R, Chiampi M, Bottauscio O, "Heating of hip joint implants in MRI: The combined effect of RF and switched-gradient fields", Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2021, 85(6), p3447 - 3462; https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28666

Zilberti L, Zanovello U, Arduino A, Bottauscio O, Chiampi M, "RF-Induced heating of metallic implants simulated as PEC: Is there something missing?", 2021, 85(2), p583-586; https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28512

Winter L, Silemek B, Petzold J, Pfeiffer H, Hoffmann W, Seifert F, Ittermann B, "Parallel transmission medical implant safety testbed: Real-time mitigation of RF induced tip heating using time-domain E-field sensors", Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2020, 84(6), p3468 - 3484; https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28379

Winter L, Seifert F, Zilberti L, Murbach M, Ittermann B, "MRI-Related Heating of Implants and Devices: A Review", Journal of Magnetic Resoance Imaging, 2020, 53(6), p1646 - 1665; https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.27194

Arduino A, Bottauscio O, Brühl Rüdiger, Chiampi M, Zilberti L, "In silico evaluation of the thermal stress induced by MRI switched gradient fields in patients with metallic hip implant", Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2019, 64 245006; https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ab5428;

*all journal contributions are available Open Access and can be downloaded freely under the given link

 

Standards & Regulatory Activities

IEC, SC 62B MT40 Diagnostic Imaging Equipment - Magneitc Resonance Equipment for Medical Diagnosis, IEC 60601-2-33, Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-33: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of magnetic resonance equipment for medical diagnosis

ISO, TC 150 Implants for Surgery, ISO/TS 10974 JWG, Assessment of the safety of magnetic resonance imaging for patients with an active implantable medical device

DIN, Standards Committee Radiology (NAR), Subcommittee 8, Magnetic Resonance Procedures

DIN, DIN SPEC (PAS) 3105, Open Source Hardware

AAMI, PC Cardiac Rythm Management Device, PC76

IEC, TC 106 Methods for the assessment of electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields associated with human exposure, JWG 11-13, PT 62209-3, PT 62704-1, PT 62704-2, PT 62704-3, PT 62704-4, PT 63184, WG9, MT3

IEEE, TC 95 - International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (ICES)

 

Invited presentations

Silemek B, "Real-time safety assessment and mitigation of RF induced heating of implants using parallel transmission and low-cost RMS sensors", ISMRM Study Group meeting on MR Safety, 2020

Winter L, "Open Source Magnetic Resonance Imaging", ESMRMB, 2020

Winter L, "Nachhaltige Gesundheitsversorgung und Wissenschaft", DIN Innovationskonferenz, 2020

Winter L, "Parallel transmission and implant safety", 10th annual Symposium on UHF MR, Berlin, Germany, 2019

Winter L, "Roadmap to Open Source Medical Devices: Case Study of Open Source Magnetic Resonance Imaging", OPEN!, Berlin, Germany, 2019

Murbach M, "Advances in MRI Implant Safety Assessments", ISMRM Workshop on MR safety, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2019

Winter L, "Parallel transmission and implant safety", ISMRM Workshop on MR safety, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2019

Murbach M, "Thermal Dose (CEM43) & Its Potential Implications", ISMRM Workshop on MR safety, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2019

Winter L, "A robotic field scanner", 27th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Montreal, Canada, 2019

Winter L, "Open Source Hardware: A requirement for affordable healthcare systems and reproducible research", ISMRM Workshop on Accessible MRI for the World, New Delhi, India, 2019

 

Conference abstracts

Silemek B, Seifert F, Ittermann B, Winter L, "Safe scanning of elongated implants with the sensor matrix Qs: Comparison of orthogonal projection and null mode based pTx mitigation", ISMRM, 2021

Yao A, Goren T, Samaras T, Kuster N, Kainz W, "Radiofrequency-Induced Heating of Broken, Damaged, and Abandoned Leads", ISMRM, 2021

Petzold J, Ittermann B, Seifert F, "Robustness of pTx safety concepts to varying subjects and subject positions", ISMRM, 2021

Arduino A, Zanovell U, Hand J, Zilberti L, Brühl R, Chiampi M, Bottauscio O, "Combined heating of hip joint implant by radiofrequency and switched-gradient fields during MRI examination", ISMRM, 2021

Zilberti L, Arduino A, Torchio R, Zanovello U, Baruffaldi F, Bettini P, Alotto P, Chiampi M, Bottauscio O, "Enhancement of PNS risk in the presence of a metallic knee prosthesis", ISMRM, 2021

Brühl R, Schwenteck T, Ittermann B, Baruffaldi F, Arduino A, Zanovello U, Zilberti L, Chiampi M, Bottauscio O, "Experimental validation of simulated implant heating indcued by switched gradient fields", ISMRM, 2021

Silemek B, Winter L, Seifert F, Pfeiffer H, Ittermann B, "Measurement-based safety assessement, prediction and mitigation of RF induced implant heating using parallel transmission: the temperature matrix", ISMRM, 2020

Petzold J, Schmitter S, Ittermann B, Seifert F, "On the benefit of pTx for implant safety - a multiparameter simulations study", ISMRM, 2020

Silemek B, Winter L, Seifert F, Pfeiffer H, Seemann R, Hoffmann W, Ittermann B, "Real-time safety assessment and mitigation of RF induced heating of implants using parallel transmission and low-cost RMS sensors", ISMRM, 2020

Arduino A, Zanovello U, Zilberti L, Chiampi M, Bottauscio O, "Parametric analysis of gradient-induced heating in simplified models of metallic implants", ISMRM, 2020

Clementi V, Zanovello U, Arduino A, Ancarani C, Bordini B, Bottauscio O, Chiampi M, Zilberti L, Baruffaldi F, "Heating risk by radiofrequency and switching gradient fields in the presence of metallic implants", ISMRM, 2020

Arduino A, Bottauscio O, Chiampi M, Zilberti L, "Thermal effects produced by gradient switching of Echo-Planar Imaging sequences in metallic hip implants", ISMRM, 2020

Silemek B, Winter L, Seifert F, Pfeiffer H, Ittermann B, "Measurement based mitigation of RF related safety hazards of implants in parallel transmission using temperature matrix", ISMRM Workshop on MR Safety, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2019

Petzold J, Schmitter S, Ittermann B, Seifert F, "Simulation based comparison of CP mode and 2-spokes pTx excitation to achieve low SAR and high B1+ field strengths and homogeneity in the presence of an elongated 1D implant", ISMRM Workshop on MR Safety, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2019

Arduino A, Bottauscio O, Chiampi M, Zilberti L, "Virtual measurements on patients with orthopaedic prostheses during MRI", Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Metrology (MSMM), Torino, Italy, 2019

Murbach M, Nasseri N, Neufeld E, Kuster N, "Safety Concerns for MRI Heating of Fractured and Adjacent Metallic Implants", BioEM, Montpellier, France, 2019

Arduino A, Bottauscio O, Brühl R, Chiampi M, Zilberti L, "A computational procedure for predicting the thermal effects produced by MRI gradient coils in orthopaedic implants", 22nd International Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields (COMPUMAG), Paris, France, 2019

Winter L, Seifert F, Hoffmann W, Pfeiffer H, Szermer S, Wojcik F, Seemann R, Ittermann, B, "Parallel-transmission medical implant safety testbed: First application using time-domain E-field probes to measure and mitigate RF induced currents", 27th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Montreal, Canada, 2019, #728

Murbach M, Bryn L, Farcito S, Neufeld E, Kuster N, "MRI RF Heating: The Effect of Vasculature Detailedness on Numerical Temperature Increase Estimations", 27th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Montreal, Canada, 2019, #734

Murbach M, Neufeld E, Liorni I, Kuster N, "Superadditive RF Heating in Gaps between Two Metallic Implants", 27th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Montreal, Canada, 2019, #4187

Seifert F and Ittermann B, "High precision MR-TEM cell for in-situ calibration of RF field probes in clinical MR systems", 26th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Paris, France, 2018, #1715

Liorni I, Neufeld E, Kuehn S, Murbach M, Kuster N, "MRI Implant Safety: Novel Mechanistic Model and Safety Assessment Approach for Small Implants and Abandonded Leads", 26th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Paris, France, 2018, #4069

Murbach M, Zastrow E, Neufeld E, Samaras T, Kainz W, Kuster N, "MRI Safety Assessment of Orthopedic Implants on the Bone Surface via the Induced Tangential E-fields", 26th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Paris, France, 2018, #647

Murbach M, Zastrow E, Kuster N, "Virtual Population Based Correlations between B1+, Whole-Body and Local SAR", 26th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Paris, France, 2018, #4391