Specific absorption rates and induced current densities for an anatomy- based model of the human for exposure to time-varying magnetic fields of MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 816-823

  Gandhi, Om P ^a   Chen, Xi Bin ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic model; FDTD method; Induced current densities; Specific absorption rates

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BIOMAGNETISM; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INDUCED CURRENTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANATOMIC MODELS; ANATOMY-BASED MODEL; GRADIENT MAGNETIC FIELD; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SAFETY GUIDELINES; SAR DISTRIBUTION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TIME-VARYING MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 0344731407     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199904)41:4<816::AID-MRM22>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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