Safety Clearance and Artifact Testing of a Nitinol Breast Biopsy Clip in an Ultra-High Resolution (7 Tesla) Magnetic Resonance Imaging Environment

William Dong; Kanchna Ramchandran; Adam E. Galloy; Marco A. Nino; Marla Kleingartner; John Piaszynski; Madhavan L. Raghavan; Sneha Phadke; Vincent A. Magnotta

doi:10.1055/s-0044-1791491

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging ()

Safety Clearance and Artifact Testing of a Nitinol Breast Biopsy Clip in an Ultra-High Resolution (7 Tesla) Magnetic Resonance Imaging Environment

William Dong,
Kanchna Ramchandran,
Adam E. Galloy,
Marco A. Nino,
Marla Kleingartner,
John Piaszynski,
Madhavan L. Raghavan,
Sneha Phadke,
Vincent A. Magnotta

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William Dong: Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Kanchna Ramchandran: Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Adam E. Galloy: Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Marco A. Nino: Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Marla Kleingartner: Magnetic Resonance Research Facility, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
John Piaszynski: Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Madhavan L. Raghavan: Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Sneha Phadke: Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Vincent A. Magnotta: Department of Radiology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1791491

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Background The lack of safety clearance of several metallic breast biopsy clips in 7 Tesla (T) poses a significant hurdle to using advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques in clinical management or cancer research.

Published in Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging

ISSN: 0971-3026 (Print); 1998-3808 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
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