Peripheral nerve stimulation by time-varying magnetic fields

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 532-538

  Abart, Joachim ^a,c   Eberhardt, Knuth ^a   Fischer, Hubertus ^a   Huk, Walter ^a   Richter, Evelyn ^b   Schmitt, Franz ^a   Storch, Thomas ^a   Zeitler, Eberhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Municipal Hospital Nürnberg   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echo planar imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging, physics and instrumentation; Nerves, peripheral; Nerves, stimulation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ECG PARAMETERS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING PHYSICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, PHYSIC AND INSTRUMENTATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE, PERIPHERAL; OSCILLATING GRADIENTS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; STIMULATION THRESHOLDS; TIME-VARYING MAGNETIC FIELDS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSCILLATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0030879510     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199707000-00005     Document Type: Article

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