Occupational exposure measurements of static and pulsed gradient magnetic fields in the vicinity of MRI scanners

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2243-2257

  Kännälä, Sami ^a   Toivo, Tim ^a   Alanko, Tommi ^b   Jokela, Kari ^a  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FIELD COMPONENTS; GRADIENT FIELDS; GRADIENT MAGNETIC FIELDS; INDUCTION COILS; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON NON-IONIZING RADIATION PROTECTIONS; INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES; MAGNETIC FIELD COMPONENTS; MAGNETIC FLUX DENSITIES; MRI SCANNERS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES; PULSED GRADIENTS; REFERENCE LEVELS; STATIC FIELDS; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; TIME RATES; TIME-VARYING MAGNETIC FIELDS;

IONIZING RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELDING; SCANNING;

TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUE;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MOVEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63649113720     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/7/026     Document Type: Article

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