Increasing the oscillation frequency of strong magnetic fields above 101 kHz significantly raises peripheral nerve excitation thresholds

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2578-2583

  Weinberg, Irving N ^a   Stepanov, Pavel Y ^a   Fricke, Stanley T ^b   Probst, Roland ^a   Urdaneta, Mario ^a   Warnow, Daniel ^c   Sanders, Howard ^c   Glidden, Steven C ^c   McMillan, Alan ^d   Starewicz, Piotr M ^e   Reilly, J Patrick ^f  

^a Weinberg Medical Physics LLC   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Applied Pulsed Power Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Resonance Research Inc   (United States)

^f Metatec Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

electrostimulation; gradient field; magnetic stimulation; MRI; nerve stimulation; PNS

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RESONANT CIRCUITS;

ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GRADIENT FIELDS; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; NERVE STIMULATION; OSCILLATING MAGNETIC FIELDS; SINUSOIDAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; TIME-VARYING MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 84861626121     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3702775     Document Type: Article

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