Basic test services

MR Safety

Testing of

  • Magnetically induced displacement force (ASTM F2052)
  • Magnetically induced torque (ASTM F2213)
  • Radio frequency (RF) induced heating (ASTM F2182, ISO/TS 10974)
  • Gradient induced heating (ISO/TS 10974 Research service)
  • Radio frequency (RF) induced voltages (ISO/TS 10974 Research service)
  • Gradient induced voltages (ISO/TS 10974 Research service)
  • Gradient induced vibration (ISO/TS 10974 Research service)
  • Malfunction of devices within the MR environment - electromagnetic interference (EMI)/ compatibility (EMC) MR related (ISO/TS 10974)
  • Combined fields (static magnetic, pulsed gradient magnetic, electromagnetic fields) (ISO/TS 10974)

MR Compatibility

Testing of

  • Susceptibility artifacts (ASTM 2119)
  • RF artifacts (ASTM F2119)
  • MR image quality (Device influence to the MR system): e.g. Signal-Noise-Ratio (SNR), B0-Homogeneity

Radio-opacity*

  • X-ray based techniques (Radiopacity acc. to ASTM F640); Fluoroscopy, Angiography, Computed Tomography (CT)

 

*transparency of material to X-rays