Heating near implanted medical devices by the mri rf-magnetic field

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5 PART 2, 1999, Pages 4133-4135

  Nyenhuis, ^a   Kildishev, A V ^b   Bourland, J D ^a   Foster, K S ^b   Graber, G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CL Mclntosh Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Infusion pump; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical implant; Mri safety; Rf heating

Indexed keywords

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0033183826     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.800779     Document Type: Article

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