Safety limits for human-size magnetic particle imaging systems

Springer Proceedings in Physics

Volumn 140, Issue , 2012, Pages 325-330

  Saritas, Emine U ^a   Goodwill, Patrick W ^a   Zhang, George Z ^a   Yu, Wenxiao ^a   Conolly, Steven M ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETISM; NANOMAGNETICS;

EXCITATION FIELD; FIELD OF VIEWS; FREQUENCY RANGES; HUMAN SUBJECTS; MAGNETIC PARTICLE IMAGING; PEAK AMPLITUDE; SAFETY LIMITS; SCANNING SPEED;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84981295330     PISSN: 09308989     EISSN: 18674941     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-24133-8_52     Document Type: Conference Paper

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