Ferromagnetic/paramagnetic orthodontic wires may create artefacts during MRI due to local alteration of magnetic field homogeneity: Study
Ferromagnetic/paramagnetic orthodontic wires may create artefacts during MRI due to local alteration of magnetic field homogeneity suggests a study published in the Dentomaxillofacial Radiology.
A study was done to evaluate magnetic susceptibility artefacts produced by orthodontic wires on MRI and the influence of wire properties and MRI image sequences on the magnitude of the artefact. Arch form orthodontic wires [four stainless steels (SS), one cobalt chromium (CC) alloy, 13 titanium (Ti) alloys] were embedded in a polyester phantom, and scanned using a 1.5-T superconducting magnet scanner with an eight-channel phased-array coil. All wires were scanned with T1-weighted spin echo (SE) and gradient echo (GRE) sequences according to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) F2119-07 standard. The phantom also scanned other eight sequences. Artefacts were measured using the ASTM F2119-07 definition and OsiriX software. Artefact volume was analysed according to metal composition, wire length, number of wires, wire thickness, and imaging sequence as factors.
Results: With SE/GRE, black/white artefacts volumes from all SS wires were significantly larger than those produced by CC and Ti wires (P < .01). With the GRE, the black artefacts volume was the highest with the SS wires. With the SE, the black artefacts volume was small, whereas white artefacts were noticeable. The cranio-caudal extent of the artefacts was significantly longer with SS wires (P < .01). Although a direct relationship of wire length, number of wires, and wire thickness with artefact volume was noted, these factors did not influence artefact extension in the cranio-caudal direction. Ferromagnetic/paramagnetic orthodontic wires create artefacts due to local alteration of magnetic field homogeneity. The SS-type wires produced the largest artefacts followed by CC and Ti.
Reference:
Yuri Iwamoto, Hiroaki Shimamoto, Doaa Felemban, Tomoyuki Terai, Sven Kreiborg, Sanjay M Mallya, Fan-pei Gloria Yang, Chihiro Tanikawa, Shumei Murakami, MRI susceptibility artefacts caused by orthodontic wire, Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, 2024;, twae023, https://doi.org/10.1093/dmfr/twae023
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