Influence of mobile magnetic resonance imaging on implanted pacemakers

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages 527-529

  Kishi, Ryoji ^a   Matsumoto, Naoki ^a   Nakazawa, Kiyoshi ^a   Takagi, Akihiko ^a   Sakurai, Tsuneharu ^a   Nanke, Toshihiko ^a   Watanabe, Yoshiyuki ^a   Miyazu, Osamu ^a   Harada, Tomoo ^a   Kobayashi, Shinichi ^a   Miyake, Fumihiko ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Electromagnetic interference; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pacemaker; Pacemaker interference

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOTOR VEHICLE; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM;

EID: 0037246644     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00088.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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