Maximum pulsed electromagnetic field limits based on peripheral nerve stimulation: Application to IEEE/ANSI C95.1 electromagnetic field standards

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 137-141

  Reilly, J Patrick ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Electromagnetic field standards; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; STANDARDS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD STANDARDS; MAXIMUM PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD LIMITS;

FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; STANDARD;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 0031962707     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.650371     Document Type: Article

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