Metallic stents: Evaluation of MR imaging safety

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 543-547

  Shellock, Frank G ^a,b   Shellock, Vincent J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEATING; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STENT; TORQUE;

EID: 0032866019     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.173.3.10470877     Document Type: Article

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