Personal exposure to static and time-varying magnetic fields during MRI system test procedures

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1223-1228

  De Vocht, Frank ^a   Muller, Floris ^b   Engels, Hans ^c   Kromhout, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Exposure limits; Static fields; System tests; Time varying fields

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSIMETER; ENGINEERING; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REACTION TIME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

CALIBRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350460077     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21952     Document Type: Article

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