MR-tomography on patients with heart pacemakers - A numerical study

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 II, Issue , 2004, Pages 1076-1079

  Golombeck, M A ^a   Dossel O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

MRT; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

HEART; MAGNETIC RESONANCE TOMOGRAPHY (MRT); PHANTOMS; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CARDIOLOGY; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PACEMAKERS; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOLOGY; TISSUE; WAVE EQUATIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 11144309583     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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