Aneurysm clip testing for ferromagnetic properties: Clip variability issues

Radiology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 576-578

  Kanal, Emanuel ^a   Shellock, Frank G ^b   Lewin, Jonathan S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm, cerebral; Head, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), physics; Magnetic resonance (MR), safety; Radiology and radiologists, iatrogenic injury

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030012490     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.200.2.8685361     Document Type: Article

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