RF heating of implanted spinal fusion stimulator during magnetic resonance imaging

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 367-373

  Chou, Chung Kwang ^a   McDougall, John A ^a   Chan, Kwok W ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone fusion; induced current; phantom model; RF energy absorption; thermal effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE BLOOD FLOW; BONE GRAFT; HEATING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; SPINE FUSION;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FIBER OPTICS; HEAT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROWAVES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPINAL FUSION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0030893230     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.568912     Document Type: Article

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