Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 5, Issue 7 , Pages 853-855 , July 2008

Turning Up the Heat on MRI

  • Paul A. Bottomley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationPaul A. Bottomley, PhD, Division of MR Research, Park Building Room 310, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, 600 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287

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  5. Baker KB, Tkach JA, Phillips M, Rezai AR. Variability in RF-induced heating of a deep brain stimulation implant across MR systems. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2006;24:1236–1242
  6. Stralka JP, Bottomley PA. A prototype RF dosimeter for independent measurement of the average specific absorption rate (SAR) during MRI. J Magn Reson Imag. 2007;26:1296–1302
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PII: S1546-1440(08)00201-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.04.003

Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 5, Issue 7 , Pages 853-855 , July 2008

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