An implantable electronic medical device is compatible with a magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. The device has a housing with exterior
walls, each formed by a dielectric substrate with electrically conductive
layers on interior and exterior surfaces. A series of slots divide each
layer into segments. Segmenting the layers provides high impedance to
eddy currents produced by fields of the MRI scanner, while capacitive
coupling of the segments provides radio frequency shielding for
components inside the housing. Electrical leads extending from the
housing have a pair of coaxially arranged conductors and traps that
attenuate currents induced in the conductors by the fields of the MRI
scanner.