Background: In simultaneous electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), safety of the EEG equipment is ensured by the manufacturer only for localizers and fMRI sequences. To conduct a clinically feasible simultaneous EEG-fMRI study, other sequences, e.g. anatomical and B0-correction sequences, have to be acquired in the same imaging session.
Purpose: To measure the temperature increase of the electrodes in different size EEG caps in a phantom and volunteers during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences typically used in clinical studies.
Material And Methods: A phantom with EEG caps of size 52, 56, and 60 was imaged using several sequences in two 3 T MRI scanners to determine the maximum and average temperature increases in the electrodes. Additionally, three volunteer studies were performed for the EEG caps of sizes 56 and 60. The sequences were gradient echo based echo planar imaging sequence, T2-weighted turbo spin echo (T2-TSE), spin echo multiecho for B0-correction, diffusion tensor imaging and T1-weighted 3D sequences.
Results: In phantom studies the maximum temperature increase was 4.1℃ with a mean of 1.2 ± 1.1℃. In volunteer studies, the maximum temperature measured was 35.6℃ and the maximum temperature rise was 2.1℃ with a mean of 0.9 ± 0.7℃. Both were observed with a T2-TSE sequence.
Conclusion: The temperature of the electrodes did not exceed the limits set by the IEC 60601-1 standard (43℃) or manufacturer (45℃), thus indicating a safe EEG-fMRI protocol in this respect.
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