Interaction of MRI field gradients with the human body

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Glover, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CURRENT PRACTICES; CURRENT REGULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FIELD GRADIENT; HUMAN BODIES; LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD GRADIENT; NERVE STIMULATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATE OF CHANGE;

BIOMAGNETISM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; DENSITY GRADIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMPEDANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

BODY BURDEN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; TIME FACTORS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 71049170859     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/21/R01     Document Type: Review

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