Abstract #0477

An Experimental Setup to Simulate the Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)-Effect with Respect to Intra Cardiac ECG Signals

Waltraud Brigitte Buchenberg¹, Ramona Lorenz¹, Peter Laudy², Wolfgang Mader³, Carsten Bienek⁴, Bernd Jung¹

¹Dept. of Radiology, Medical Physics, University Medical Center, Freiburg, Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany; ²CardioTek B.V., Maastricht-Airport, Limburg, Netherlands; ³Freiburg Center for Data Analysis and Modeling, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany; ⁴R&D, Schwarzer GmbH, Heilbronn, Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany

The analyses of the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) effect occurring in electro-physiologic (EP) examinations carried out in an MR environment is of importance in order to establish tool boxes to remove MHD related effects from intra-cardiac ECG signals. The aim in this work was to establish an experimental setup to simulate the MHD effect in a model system using standard EP-measurement equipment with respect to a characterization of the pure MHD signal.