IEEE Committee on Man and Radiation (COMAR) technical information statement "exposure of medical personnel to electromagnetic fields from open magnetic resonance imaging systems"

Health Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 684-689

  Bassen, Howard ^a   Schaefer, D J ^b   Zaremba, L ^a   Bushberg, J ^c   Ziskin, M ^d   Foster, K R ^e  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure, radiofrequency; Magnetic fields; Magnetic resonance imaging; Safety standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SAFETY;

EID: 27844561741     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000172545.71238.15     Document Type: Article

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