Measurements of occupational exposure to switched gradient and spatially-varying magnetic fields in areas adjacent to 1.5T clinical MRI systems

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1346-1352

  Riches, Sophie F ^a,e   Collins, David J ^a   Charles Edwards, Geoffrey D ^b   Shafford, Jonathan C ^c   Cole, Jonathan ^d   Keevil, Stephen F ^b   Leach, Martin O ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Legislation; Magnetic fields; MRI safety; Occupational exposure; Physical agent directive

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; LAW; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; WALKING SPEED; WHOLE BODY MRI;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MEDICAL STAFF; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 35848938295     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21139     Document Type: Article

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