Numerical study of RF exposure and the resulting temperature rise in the foetus during a magnetic resonance procedure

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 913-930

  Hand, J W ^a,b   Li, Y ^a   Hajnal, J V ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-HEAT TRANSFER; FINITE DIFFERENCE; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MRI SCANNERS; NORMAL MODES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PREGNANT WOMAN; SAFETY LIMITS; SAR 10-G; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; STATIC MODEL; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE RISE; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TIME-AVERAGED; WHOLE-BODY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; RESONANCE;

SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MOTHER; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; MOVEMENT; PREGNANCY; RADIATION; RADIO WAVES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76149119483     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/4/001     Document Type: Article

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