{"id":{"repo_id":"waikato-masters","oai_identifier":"oai:researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz:10289/12508"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/waikato-masters/oai:researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz:10289/12508","repository":{"repo_id":"waikato-masters","name":"University Waikato","base_url":"https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/server/oai/request"},"display":{"title":"Implantable electrode structures and their RF effects in MRI machines","abstract":"Medical implants incorporating long insulated conductors can generate a serious heating hazard to a patient undergoing a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan. Under the high-power RF field from an MRI machine, the conductors can behave as antennas and concentrate energy into small regions of body tissue, leading to excessive joule heating. Neurostimulator implants that employ long electrode leads such as those for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS), are highly susceptible to this RF hazard. Patients with these implants are generally contraindicated from MRI. This thesis examines the heating phenomenon and identifies a variety of methods to mitigate the hazard and gain implant leads MRI safety. Techniques such as thin insulation, surface roughening, and auxiliary decoy filars are explored, with the latter shown to be especially effective at providing safety. Designs are first modelled with electromagnetic simulation software then experimentally proven inside of a gelled saline phantom within a 3T MRI machine. A lab-based measurement method is also established to enable rapid low-cost testing of prototype lead designs.","abstract_html":"Medical implants incorporating long insulated conductors can generate a serious heating hazard to a patient undergoing a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan. Under the high-power RF field from an MRI machine, the conductors can behave as antennas and concentrate energy into small regions of body tissue, leading to excessive joule heating. Neurostimulator implants that employ long electrode leads such as those for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS), are highly susceptible to this RF hazard. Patients with these implants are generally contraindicated from MRI. This thesis examines the heating phenomenon and identifies a variety of methods to mitigate the hazard and gain implant leads MRI safety. Techniques such as thin insulation, surface roughening, and auxiliary decoy filars are explored, with the latter shown to be especially effective at providing safety. Designs are first modelled with electromagnetic simulation software then experimentally proven inside of a gelled saline phantom within a 3T MRI machine. A lab-based measurement method is also established to enable rapid low-cost testing of prototype lead designs.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["McCabe, Steven Owen"],"institution":"The University of Waikato","degree_name":null,"degree_level":null,"degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":["Scott, Jonathan B.","Wilson, Marcus T."],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2019,"date_issued":"2019","date_published":"2019","updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:57:46Z","subjects":["Deep Brain Stimulator (DBS)","Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS)","neurostimulation","biomedical electrodes","medical implants","RF heating","MRI safe","MRI conditional","electromagnetic modeling","safety","decoy filar","roughened filar","fiber optic thermometry","distal heating"],"languages":[],"rights":["All items in Research Commons are provided for private study and research purposes and are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."],"rights_urls":["https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstreams/ea6ded1a-aeee-4350-8a02-dd1ab901922f/download"],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":null,"outbound_label":null,"outbound_source":null},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.advisor","label":"Advisor","values":["Scott, Jonathan B.","Wilson, Marcus T."]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["McCabe, Steven Owen"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["2019"]},{"key":"dc:publisher.institution","label":"Dc Publisher Institution","values":["The University of Waikato"]},{"key":"dc:relation.isreferencedby","label":"Dc Relation Isreferencedby","values":["https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12508"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Thesis"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Deep Brain Stimulator (DBS)","Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS)","neurostimulation","biomedical electrodes","medical implants","RF heating","MRI safe","MRI conditional","electromagnetic modeling","safety","decoy filar","roughened filar","fiber optic thermometry","distal heating"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstreams/ea6ded1a-aeee-4350-8a02-dd1ab901922f/download","All items in Research Commons are provided for private study and research purposes and are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstreams/26877b5f-5548-4db2-aee0-def1edd77164/download"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["Medical implants incorporating long insulated conductors can generate a serious heating hazard to a patient undergoing a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan. Under the high-power RF field from an MRI machine, the conductors can behave as antennas and concentrate energy into small regions of body tissue, leading to excessive joule heating. Neurostimulator implants that employ long electrode leads such as those for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS), are highly susceptible to this RF hazard. Patients with these implants are generally contraindicated from MRI. This thesis examines the heating phenomenon and identifies a variety of methods to mitigate the hazard and gain implant leads MRI safety. Techniques such as thin insulation, surface roughening, and auxiliary decoy filars are explored, with the latter shown to be especially effective at providing safety. Designs are first modelled with electromagnetic simulation software then experimentally proven inside of a gelled saline phantom within a 3T MRI machine. A lab-based measurement method is also established to enable rapid low-cost testing of prototype lead designs."]},{"key":"dc:format.checksum.md5","label":"Dc Format Checksum Md5","values":["629f205659932e29fabae5f759668efa","e14202ab27e47ddb00d33097327ba050","a35e96931e73270a86e7b610bad5e908"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Implantable electrode structures and their RF effects in MRI machines"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor.advisor":["Scott, Jonathan B.","Wilson, Marcus T."],"dc:creator":["McCabe, Steven Owen"],"dc:date.issued":["2019"],"dc:description.abstract":["Medical implants incorporating long insulated conductors can generate a serious heating hazard to a patient undergoing a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan. Under the high-power RF field from an MRI machine, the conductors can behave as antennas and concentrate energy into small regions of body tissue, leading to excessive joule heating. Neurostimulator implants that employ long electrode leads such as those for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS), are highly susceptible to this RF hazard. Patients with these implants are generally contraindicated from MRI. This thesis examines the heating phenomenon and identifies a variety of methods to mitigate the hazard and gain implant leads MRI safety. Techniques such as thin insulation, surface roughening, and auxiliary decoy filars are explored, with the latter shown to be especially effective at providing safety. Designs are first modelled with electromagnetic simulation software then experimentally proven inside of a gelled saline phantom within a 3T MRI machine. A lab-based measurement method is also established to enable rapid low-cost testing of prototype lead designs."],"dc:format.checksum.md5":["629f205659932e29fabae5f759668efa","e14202ab27e47ddb00d33097327ba050","a35e96931e73270a86e7b610bad5e908"],"dc:identifier.uri":["https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstreams/26877b5f-5548-4db2-aee0-def1edd77164/download"],"dc:publisher.institution":["The University of Waikato"],"dc:relation.isreferencedby":["https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12508"],"dc:rights":["https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstreams/ea6ded1a-aeee-4350-8a02-dd1ab901922f/download","All items in Research Commons are provided for private study and research purposes and are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."],"dc:subject":["Deep Brain Stimulator (DBS)","Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS)","neurostimulation","biomedical electrodes","medical implants","RF heating","MRI safe","MRI conditional","electromagnetic modeling","safety","decoy filar","roughened filar","fiber optic thermometry","distal heating"],"dc:title":["Implantable electrode structures and their RF effects in MRI machines"],"dc:type":["Thesis"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:57:46Z"}