Complexity of MRI induced heating on metallic leads Experimental measurements of 374 configurations.docVIP

BioMedical Engineering OnLine BioMedCentral Research Open Access Complexity of MRI induced heating on metallic leads: Experimental measurements of 374 configurations Eugenio Mattei*1, Michele Triventi1, Giovanni Calcagnini1, Federica Censi1, Wolfgang Kainz2, Gonzalo Mendoza2, Howard I Bassen2 and Pietro Bartolini1 Address: 1Dept. of Technologies and Health, Italian National Institute of Health, Roma, Italy and 2Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD, USA Email: Eugenio Mattei* - eugenio.mattei@iss.it; Michele Triventi - michele.triventi@is