Spinal magnetic resonance imaging with reduced specific absorption rate in patients harbouring a spinal cord stimulation device - A single-centre prospective study analysing safety, tolerability and image quality

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2327-2332

  Mutter, Urs M ^a,b   Bellut, David ^b,c   Porchet, François ^b   Schuknecht, Bernhard ^d  

^a Klinik St Anna   (Switzerland)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d MRI Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; SCS; Spinal cord stimulation; Spine

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEG; LIKERT SCALE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION DEVICE; SPINAL PAIN; THORACIC SPINE; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

EID: 84892162190     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-013-1885-8     Document Type: Article

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