Biological effects and health implications in magnetic resonance imaging

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 321-359

  Kangarlu, Allahyar ^a,b,c,d,e   Robitaille, Pierre Marie L ^{b,f,g,h,i,j,k}  

^a MRI Facility   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Arya Mehr University   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^f IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h OSU

ⁱ Biophys

^j Intl Soc Magnetic Reson in Med   (United States)

^k AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Biological effects; Electromagnetic waves; Gradient pulse; High field MRI; RF coils; Safety; Static magnetic field

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034365345     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0534(2000)12:5<321::AID-CMR4>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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