Aneurysm clips: Effects of long-term and multiple exposures to a 1.5-T MR system

Radiology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 563-565

  Kanal, Emanuel ^a   Shellock, Frank G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032901612     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.210.2.r99fe59563     Document Type: Article

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