Cognitive effects of head-movements in stray fields generated by a 7 tesla whole-body MRI magnet

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-255

  De Vocht, F ^a   Stevens, T ^a   Glover, P ^b   Sunderland, A ^b   Gowland, P ^b   Kromhout, H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case crossover; Cognitive effects; Exposure; MRI; Stray fields; Ultra high field

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

CASE CROSSOVERS; COGNITIVE EFFECTS; EXPOSURE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; PERFORMANCE; STATIC FIELDS; STRAY FIELD; ULTRA-HIGH FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WORKING MEMORY;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISION; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 34249000345     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20311     Document Type: Article

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