Health effects and safety of intense gradient fields

Magnetic Resonance Procedures: Health Effects and Safety

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 31-53

  Nyenhuis, John A ^a   Bourland, Joe D ^b   Kildishev, Alexander V ^c   Schaefer, Daniel J ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

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