Experimental investigation on workers' exposure to electromagnetic fields in proximity of magnetic resonance imaging systems

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-206

  Betta, Giovanni ^a   Capriglione, Domenico ^a   Pasquino, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic field measurements; MRI systems; Workers' exposure

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC PULSE; EU DIRECTIVES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPOSURE LEVEL; GRADIENT COIL; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW FREQUENCY BAND; OPERATING CONDITION; POWER GRIDS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; RF COIL; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; THEORETICAL VALUES; WORKERS' EXPOSURE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY BANDS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RESONANCE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84655162297     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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