Metallic Electrodes and Leads in Simultaneous EEG-MRI: Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Simulation Studies

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-295

  Angelone, Leonardo M ^a   Potthast, Andreas ^a   Segonne, Florent ^a   Iwaki, Sunao ^a   Belliveau, John W ^a   Bonmassar, Giorgio ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

FDTD; Induced currents; MRI; Numerical dosimetry; RF coils; SAR

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; BONE; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY;

BONE MARROW; FDTD; HEAD MODEL; HUMAN HEAD; METALLIC ELECTRODES; METALLIC LEADS; NUMERICAL DOSIMETRY; RF COIL; SIMULATION STUDIES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

METAL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; SAFETY; SIMULATION; SKIN;

AVES;

EID: 2342627140     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10198     Document Type: Article

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