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Bhumi Bhusal

Research Assistant Professor at Northwestern University
Verified email at northwestern.edu
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Effect of device configuration and patient's body composition on the RF heating and nonsusceptibility artifact of deep brain stimulation implants during MRI at 1.5 T and …

B Bhusal, BT Nguyen, PP Sanpitak, J Vu… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Patients with deep brain stimulation (DBS) implants have limited access to MRI
due to safety concerns associated with RF‐induced heating. Currently, MRI in these patients …

Patient's body composition can significantly affect RF power deposition in the tissue around DBS implants: ramifications for lead management strategies and MRI field …

B Bhusal, B Keil, J Rosenow… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Patients with active implants such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) devices have limited access
to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) due to risks associated with RF heating of implants …

Measurements and simulation of RF heating of implanted stereo‐electroencephalography electrodes during MR scans

B Bhusal, P Bhattacharyya, T Baig… - Magnetic resonance …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To assess RF‐induced heating during MRI of patients with implanted stereo‐electroencephalography
electrodes. Methods Simulations and experimental measurements using …

Vertical open‐bore MRI scanners generate significantly less radiofrequency heating around implanted leads: A study of deep brain stimulation implants in 1.2 T OASIS …

E Kazemivalipour, B Bhusal, J Vu, S Lin… - Magnetic resonance …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Patients with active implants such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) devices are
often denied access to MRI due to safety concerns associated with the radiofrequency (RF) …

Machine learning-based prediction of MRI-induced power absorption in the tissue in patients with simplified deep brain stimulation lead models

J Vu, BT Nguyen, B Bhusal, J Baraboo… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Interaction of an active electronic implant such as a deep brain stimulation (DBS) system and
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiofrequency (RF) fields can induce excessive tissue …

Safety of MRI in patients with retained cardiac leads

BT Nguyen, B Bhusal, AA Rahsepar… - Magnetic resonance …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To evaluate the safety of MRI in patients with fragmented retained leads (FRLs)
through numerical simulation and phantom experiments. Methods Electromagnetic and thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Safety and image quality at 7T MRI for deep brain stimulation systems: Ex vivo study with lead-only and full-systems

B Bhusal, J Stockmann, B Guerin, A Mareyam, J Kirsch… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Ultra-high field MRI at 7 T can produce much better visualization of sub-cortical structures
compared to lower field, which can greatly help target verification as well as overall treatment …

Modifying surgical implantation of deep brain stimulation leads significantly reduces RF-induced heating during 3 T MRI

J Vu, B Bhusal, J Rosenow, J Pilitsis… - 2021 43rd Annual …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radiofrequency (RF) heating of tissue during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a
known safety risk in the presence of active implantable medical devices (AIMDs). As a result, …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative study of RF heating of deep brain stimulation devices in vertical vs. horizontal MRI systems

J Vu, B Bhusal, BT Nguyen, P Sanpitak, E Nowac… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The majority of studies that assess magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) induced radiofrequency
(RF) heating of the tissue when active electronic implants are present have been …

A comparative study of MRI-induced RF heating in pediatric and adult populations with epicardial and endocardial implantable electronic devices

F Jiang, B Bhusal, P Sanpitak… - 2022 44th Annual …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Patients with congenital heart defects, inherited arrhythmia syndromes, and congenital
disorders of cardiac conduction often receive a cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED). At …