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Brian Johnson¹, Joel Batey¹, Dave Hitt¹, Robert Lay¹, Tom Lowe¹, Michael Pawlak¹, John Penatzer¹, Elaine Petrilla¹, Jim Snicer¹, Marcie Stopchinski¹, Greg Thomas¹, Kristen Williams¹, Paul Worthington¹, and Jonathan Chia ^1
1Philips, Cleveland, OH, United States

Advances in MR acceleration techniques have produced a paradigm shift in MR productivity.  In addition, the integration of artificial intelligence offers even more promise to integrate MR workflow and accelerate image acquisition. Recognizing the absence of operator assisted technologies we created VitaLenz, a convolutional neural network, to test the ability of artificial intelligence in detecting common MR imaging artifacts.  VitaLenz was able to identify common MR image artifacts with high sensitivity, accuracy, and speed. Creation and use of this type of assistive technology can help ensure image quality and can also lead to faster clinical adoption of newer imaging techniques.  

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Issei Fukunaga¹, Shuhei Shibukawa¹, Satoshi Yatsushiro², Kazuya Tawara², Toshiko Nakai³, Haruhiko Abe⁴, Shigeki Aoki⁵, Atsuko Miyajima⁶, and Kagayaki Kuroda^7
1Department of Radiological Technology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan, ²BioView, Inc., Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁵Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Division of Medical Devices, National Institute of Health Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan, ⁷School of Information Science and Technology, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan

Radio-frequency-induced heating around MR-conditional cardiac implantable electronic devices with mixed brand combinations of generator and lead were compared with the approved single brand combinations at 1.5 T and 3.0 T. The generator-lead combinations were selected from three high-share vendors (Boston Scientific, Medtronic, and St. Jude) based on the frequency in clinical practice. Temperature measurements were conducted along with ASTM2182 and ISO10974 at locations corresponding to the right ventricle, right atrium, the generator edge, and contralateral of in the ASTM phantom. The results evaluated by Mann-Whitney's U-test showed no significant difference in temperature increases between the mixed and approved combinations.

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Charlotte Elizabeth Swain¹, Carolyn Costigan¹, and Selene Rowe^1
1MRI, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Play Therapy has been shown to be a successful alternative for children allowing them to have an MRI scan awake instead of with a general anaesthetic. With funding through local hospital charities, a dedicated Play Specialist List runs once a week to scan predominantly 3-13yr olds. With fun and engaging play methods, it has been possible to acquire diagnostic images in 98% of children scanned. With no risk when compared to a general anaesthetic and a more relaxed atmosphere and process, this has vastly improved the patient experience, for not only the children, but also their parents/carers.

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Matea Borbas¹, Mikael Skorpil², and Henric Rydén^3
1Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

A novel fat/water separated Propeller Dixon sequence is described. Its performance is tested against fatsat.