rf enhancement and shielding in MRI caused by conductive implants: Dependence on electrical parameters for a tube model

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 337-342

  Graf, Hansjörg ^a   Steidle, Günter ^a   Lauer, Ulrike A ^a   Schick, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

MR angiography; MRI artifact; rf eddy current; rf shielding; Stent

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; GRAPHITE FIBERS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHIELDING; SPINNING (FIBERS); STENTS; TRANSMITTERS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WINDING;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; LINEARLY POLARIZED; MR ANGIOGRAPHY; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SECONDARY WINDINGS; SPIN ECHO TECHNIQUES; STENT;

EDDY CURRENT TESTING;

CARBON FIBER; COPPER; NITINOL;

AMPLITUDE MODULATOR; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; IMPLANT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; STENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TUBE;

EID: 14644435037     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1843351     Document Type: Article

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