RF tissue-heating near metallic implants during magnetic resonance examinations: An approach in the ac limit

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5522-5529

  Ballweg, Verena ^a   Eibofner, Frank ^a   Graf, Hansjörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

implant; interventional MRI; magnetic resonance; MR safety; RF heating

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEATING; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MAXWELL EQUATIONS; TISSUE;

CAPACITIVE COUPLINGS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; INTERVENTIONAL; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; RF HEATING; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; SPECIFIC RESISTANCES; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 80053618736     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3637495     Document Type: Article

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