Occupational exposure to static and time-varying gradient magnetic fields in MR units

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1204-1209

  Bradley, Jill K ^a,d   Nyekiova, Matilda ^b   Price, David L ^c   Lopez, Lindsay D'jon ^c   Crawley, Therese ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EU physical agents directive; Gradient magnetic fields; MR safety; MR staff exposure; Static magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GRADIENT MAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; TIME AVERAGED STATIC FIELD EXPOSURE; TIME VARYING GRADIENT FIELD EXPOSURE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

BODY BURDEN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 35848952750     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21152     Document Type: Article

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