Specific absorption rates and induced current density distributions for radiofrequency and gradient magnetic fields used for magnetic resonance procedures

Magnetic Resonance Procedures: Health Effects and Safety

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 97-113

  Gandhi, Om P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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