Size "H" Oxygen Cylinder: Accidental MR Projectile at 1.5 Tesla

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 141-143

  Colletti, Patrick M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetic projectile; MR projectile; MR safety; Oxygen cylinder MR projectile; Oxygen cylinder safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER;

ACCIDENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN;

EID: 0346199331     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10431     Document Type: Article

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