Measurement, simulation and uncertainty assessment of implant heating during MRI

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4151-4169

  Neufeld, E ^a,b   Kuhn S ^a   Szekely, G ^b   Kuster, N ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIETY IT IS   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED UNCERTAINTY; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; LEAD STRUCTURE; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY BUDGET;

HEALTH RISKS; HEATING;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HEATING; IMPLANT; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BURN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODE; HEART; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BURNS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEART; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 70249139553     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/13/012     Document Type: Article

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