Platinum Subdural Grid: MR Imaging Compatibility Testing1
Emanuel Kanal, MD,
Carolyn Cidis Meltzer, MD,
P. David Adelson, MD and
Mark P. Scheuer, MD
1 From the Departments of Radiology (E.K., C.C.M.), Psychiatry (C.C.M.), and Neurology (M.P.S.), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 200 Lothrop St, Rm D132, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2582; and the Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pa (P.D.A.). Received April 23, 1998; revision requested July 2; revision received August 21; accepted December 15. Address reprint requests to E.K.

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Figure 1. Photograph shows the platinum subdural grid electrode and the approximate positions of the thermometry probes (13). The ends of the wires (4) were coiled during the phantom experiment.
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