Magnetic Resonance Imaging on Patients with Implanted Cardiac Pacemakers
The aim of this work was to identify the patterns that can induce heating around implanted cardiac pacemakers during MRI and to develop strategies to counteract them. Two approaches were taken: computer simulations of the occurring electromagnetic field distributions and in-vitro experiments using p...
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Format: | Book Chapter |
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KIT Scientific Publishing
2011
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Summary: | The aim of this work was to identify the patterns that can induce heating around implanted cardiac pacemakers during MRI and to develop strategies to counteract them. Two approaches were taken: computer simulations of the occurring electromagnetic field distributions and in-vitro experiments using phantoms in real MRI devices, both for conventional bore-hole and new open MRI systems. Using the open MRI, the observed heating could be reduced significantly. |
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Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (156 p. p.) |
ISBN: | KSP/1000021187 9783866446106 |
Access: | Open Access |