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
fDate :
4/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1979.4330543
