Simultaneous electroencephalography-functional MRI at 3 T: An analysis of safety risks imposed by performing anatomical reference scans with the EEG equipment in place

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 561-571

  Nöth, Ulrike ^a   Laufs, Helmut ^a   Stoermer, Robert ^b   Deichmann, Ralf ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b 82205 Gilching   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG; heating; MRI; radiofrequency; specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEATING; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION SAFETY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 84857082434     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22843     Document Type: Article

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