Electromagnetic and modeling analyses of an implanted device at 3 and 7 tesla

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1362-1367

  Ibrahim, Tamer S ^a,b,c,d,f   Tang, Lin ^c,d   Kangarlu, Alayar ^e   Abraham, Roney ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

FDTD; High field MRI; Implantable devices; Numerical modeling; RF coils; Specific absorption rate

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIOFREQUENCY;

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 35848952083     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21148     Document Type: Article

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