• DocumentCode
    845166
  • Title

    Thresholds for Physiological Effects Due to RF and Magnetic Fields Used in NMR Imaging

  • Author

    Budinger, Thomas F.

  • Author_Institution
    Donner Laboratory and Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Dept., University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    4/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2821
  • Lastpage
    2825
  • Abstract
    The health hazards of NMR imaging are not likely to become important if the RF power densities are less than 10 mW/cm2, static magnetic fields are less than 0.3 tesla and the temporal variation of fields is less than 3 T/sec.
  • Keywords
    Conductivity; Current; Hazards; Heating; Humans; Magnetic fields; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Occupational safety; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1979.4330543
  • Filename
    4330543
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=845166