Aneurysm clips: Assessment of magnetic field interaction association with a 0.2-T extremity MR system

Radiology

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 407-409

  Shellock, Frank G ^a,c   Crues, John V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Radnet Management   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

EID: 0031859377     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.208.2.9680568     Document Type: Article

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