SAR and temperature elevations in pacemaker holders exposed to em fields produced by MRI apparatus

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1754-1757

  Pisa, S ^a   Calcagnini, G ^b   Cavagnaro, M ^a   Piuzzi, E ^a   Triventi, M ^b   Bernardi, P ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacemakers; Magnetic resonance imaging; Power distribution; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PACEMAKERS;

CARDIAC PACEMAKERS; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34250334331     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249384     Document Type: Conference Paper

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