Evaluation of RF heating on humerus implant in phantoms during 1.5T MR imaging and comparisons with electromagnetic simulation

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-88

  Muranaka, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Horiguchi, Takayoshi ^a   Usui, Shuji ^a   Ueda, Yoshitake ^a   Nakamura, Osamu ^c,d   Ikeda, Fumiaki ^e   Iwakura, Ken ^e   Nakaya, Giichirou ^f  

^a HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hiroshima Prefectural Rehabilitation Center   (Japan)

^c ING Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d Chuoh College of Medical Technology   (Japan)

^e PHOTON Co Ltd   (Japan)

^f NIHON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic simulation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metallic implant; MRI safety; RF heating

Indexed keywords

STEEL;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE NAIL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMERUS; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERMEABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

BONE DENSITY; BONE NAILS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEATING; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERMEABILITY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; STEEL; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 39049184153     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.5.79     Document Type: Article

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