Patient safety concept for multichannel transmit coils

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1315-1321

  Seifert, Frank ^a   Wübbeler, Gerd ^a   Junge, Sven ^b   Ittermann, Bernd ^a,c   Rinneberg, Herbert ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b BRUKER BIOSPIN GMBH   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

FDTD simulations; MR thermography; Multichannel transmit coils; RF safety; Specific absorption rate

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE;

ARTICLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION; THERMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; GERMANY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 35848949781     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21149     Document Type: Article

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