MRI-induced stimulation of peripheral nerves: Dependency of stimulation threshold on patient positioning

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 715-724

  Faber, Sonja C ^a   Hoffmann, Alexander ^a   Ruedig, Christof ^a   Reiser, Maximilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

dB; dt; Gradient; MRI; Peripheral nerves; Position; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MUS; UMBILICUS;

EID: 0141889065     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(03)00106-1     Document Type: Article

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