Testing of adult and paediatric ventilators for use in a magnetic resonance imaging unit

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 969-974

  Williams, E J ^a   Jones, N S ^b   Carpenter, T A ^a   Bunch, C S ^c   Menon, D K ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMS PneuPAC   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equipment; ventilators, magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SAFETY; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RISK FACTORS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0032862587     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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