Metallic neurosurgical implants for cranial reconstruction and fixation: Assessment of magnetic field interactions, heating and artefacts at 3.0 Tesla

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-172

  Cunningham, A S ^a   Harding, S ^a   Chatfield, D A ^a   Hutchinson, P ^a   Carpenter, T A ^a   Pickard, J D ^a   Menon, D K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cranioplasty; Equipment; Magnetic resonance imaging safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRANIOPLASTY; HEATING; IMPLANT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL IMPLANTATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEATING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; NEUROSURGERY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SKULL;

EID: 24644477616     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690500145720     Document Type: Article

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