Dependence of RF heating on SAR and implant position in a 1.5T MR system

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 199-209

  Muranaka, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Horiguchi, Takayoshi ^a   Usui, Shuji ^a   Ueda, Yoshitake ^a   Nakamura, Osamu ^c   Ikeda, Fumiaki ^d  

^a HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hiroshima Prefectural Rehabilitation Center   (Japan)

^c NIHON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d PHOTON Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic simulation; Metallic implant; MRI safety; RF heating; SAR

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEAT; HUMERUS; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERMEABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

BONE NAILS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEAT; HUMERUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERMEABILITY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; STAINLESS STEEL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 45849123275     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.6.199     Document Type: Article

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