Titanium cerebral aneurysm clips: Characterization and performance in magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-90

  Ho, J C ^a   Wu, C Y ^a   Carron, M J ^b   Maughan, K P ^c   Schmidt, F J ^c  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SW Florida Regional Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c Doctor's Orders Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Imaging artifacts; MRI; Titanium aneurysm clips

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIZATION; NEUROSURGERY; TITANIUM; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

APPLIED FIELD; CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE DISTORTIONS; IMAGING ARTIFACTS; MAGNETIC FORCE; MAGNETIC-FIELD; PERFORMANCE; TITANIA; TITANIA ANEURYSM CLIP;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING ARTIFACTS; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; TITANIUM CEREBRAL ANEURYSM CLIPS;

EID: 0030103244     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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