Exposure to high-field MRI does not affect cognitive function

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1061-1066

  Schlamann, Marc ^a   Voigt, Melanie A ^a   Maderwald, Stefan ^a,b   Bitz, Andreas K ^a,b   Kraff, Oliver ^a,b   Ladd, Susanne C ^a,b   Ladd, Mark E ^a,b   Forsting, Michael ^a   Wilhelm, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; Neuropsychology; Ultra high field MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COGNITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 77951572343     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22065     Document Type: Article

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