Apparatus for detection of peripheral nerve stimulation

A method for detection of peripheral nerve stimulation, the method comprising:

• a) providing a processing unit with information on individual scans of a scan sequence of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unit being used to perform medical imaging of a patient, and wherein the information on the individual scans of the scan sequence comprises a time period of the individual scans;
• b) acquiring by at least one sensor data of the patient undergoing the medical imaging, and selecting by the processing unit a section of sensor data over an acquisition time period;
• c) determining by the processing unit a presence of peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS), wherein the determining the presence of PNS comprises utilizing the information on the individual scans of the scan sequence and the sensor data of the patient, and wherein step c) comprises utilizing the time period of the individual scans and comprises utilizing the section of sensor data over the acquisition time period transformed into the frequency domain.

A computer program stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium for controlling a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unit, which when executed by a processor is configured to perform a method for detection of peripheral nerve stimulation, the method comprising:

• a) providing a processing unit with information on individual scans of a scan sequence of the MRI unit being used to perform medical imaging of a patient, and wherein the information on the individual scans of the scan sequence comprises a time period of the individual scans;
• b) acquiring by at least one sensor data of the patient undergoing the medical imaging, and selecting by the processing unit a section of sensor data over an acquisition time period;
• c) determining by the processing unit a presence of peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS), wherein the determining the presence of PNS comprises utilizing the information on the individual scans of the scan sequence and the sensor data of the patient, and wherein step c) comprises utilizing the time period of the individual scans and comprises utilizing the section of sensor data over the acquisition time period transformed into the frequency domain.