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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2020

Development and testing of implanted carbon electrodes for electromagnetic field mapping during neuromodulation.

Neeta Ashok Kumar, Munish Chauhan, Sri Kirthi Kandala, Sung-Min Sohn, Rosalind J Sadleir

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Article in Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Neeta Ashok KumarSchool of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
Munish ChauhanSchool of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2415-2407
Sri Kirthi KandalaSchool of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
Sung-Min SohnSchool of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
Rosalind J SadleirSchool of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9789-2129
Arizona State University · US

Funding

Direct functional imaging of electrical brain stimulationR01NS077004 · NINDS · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI SADLEIR, ROSALIND J · 2014 to 2017
$1.8M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS077004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeDeep brain stimulation electrodes composed of carbon fibers were tested as a means of administering and imaging magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography (MREIT) currents. Artifacts and heating properties of custom carbon-fiber deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes were compared with those produced with standard DBS electrodes.

methodsElectrodes were constructed from multiple strands of 7-μm carbon-fiber stock. The insulated carbon electrodes were matched to DBS electrode diameter and contact areas. Images of DBS and carbon electrodes were collected with and without current flow and were compared in terms of artifact and thermal effects in phantoms or tissue samples in 7T imaging conditions. Effects on magnetic flux density and current density distributions were also assessed.

resultsCarbon electrodes produced magnitude artifacts with smaller FWHM values compared to the magnitude artifacts around DBS electrodes in spin echo and gradient echo imaging protocols. DBS electrodes appeared 269% larger than actual size in gradient echo images, in sharp contrast to the negligible artifact observed in diameter-matched carbon electrodes. As expected, larger temperature changes were observed near DBS electrodes during extended RF excitations compared with carbon electrodes in the same phantom. Magnitudes and distribution of magnetic flux density and current density reconstructions were comparable for carbon and DBS electrodes.

conclusionCarbon electrodes may offer a safer, MR-compatible method for administering neuromodulation currents. Use of carbon-fiber electrodes should allow imaging of structures close to electrodes, potentially allowing better targeting, electrode position revision, and the facilitation of functional imaging near electrodes during neuromodulation.

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Deep Brain StimulationElectromagnetic FieldsCarbonElectrodesElectrodes, ImplantedMagnetic Resonance ImagingCarboncarbon electrodesdeep brain stimulationmagnetic resonance electrical impedance tomographyMR image artifactMR safetyneuromodulation

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PMID32301176
PMCPMC8183461
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