The AAPM/RSNA physics tutorial for residents: MR imaging safety considerations

Radiographics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1641-1651

  Price, Ronald R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance (MR), biological effects; Magnetic resonance (MR), safety

Indexed keywords

IRON DERIVATIVE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BURN; EDUCATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MONITORING; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW; SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BURNS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NOISE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIO WAVES; SAFETY;

EID: 0033228531     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.19.6.g99no331641     Document Type: Article

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