Pacemaker lead tip heating in abandoned and pacemaker-attached leads at 1.5 tesla MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 426-431

  Langman, Deborah A ^a,b   Goldberg, Ira B ^b   Finn, J Paul ^a,b   Ennis, Daniel B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

abandoned leads; magnetic resonance imaging; medical device safety; pacemaker; RF induced heating

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE SAFETY; HEATING; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HOT TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 79551528450     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22463     Document Type: Article

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