In vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has evolved into a
versatile and critical, if not 'gold standard', imaging tool with
applications ranging from the physical sciences to the clinical
'-ology'. In addition, there is a vast amount of accumulated but
unpublished inside knowledge on what is needed to perform a safe,
in vivo MRI. The goal of this comprehensive text, written by an
outstanding group of world experts, is to present information about
the effect of the MRI environment on the human body, and tools and
methods to quantify such effects. By presenting such information
all in one place, the expectation is that this book will help
everyone interested in the Safety and Biological Effects in MRI
find relevant information relatively quickly and know where we
stand as a community. The information is expected to improve
patient safety in the MR scanners of today, and facilitate
developing faster, more powerful, yet safer MR scanners of
tomorrow. This book is arranged in three sections. The first, named
'Static and Gradient Fields' (Chapters 1-9), presents the effects
of static magnetic field and the gradients of magnetic field, in
time and space, on the human body. The second section, named
'Radiofrequency Fields' (Chapters 10-30), presents ways to quantify
radiofrequency (RF) field induced heating in patients undergoing
MRI. The effect of the three fields of MRI environment (i.e. Static
Magnetic Field, Time-varying Gradient Magnetic Field, and RF Field)
on medical devices, that may be carried into the environment with
patients, is also included. Finally, the third section, named
'Engineering' (chapters 31-35), presents the basic background
engineering information regarding the equipment (i.e.
superconducting magnets, gradient coils, and RF coils) that produce
the Static Magnetic Field, Time-varying Gradient Magnetic Field,
and RF Field. The book is intended for undergraduate and
post-graduate students, engineers, physicists, biologists,
clinicians, MR technologists, other healthcare professionals, and
everyone else who might be interested in looking into the role of
MRI environment on patient safety, as well as those just wishing to
update their knowledge of the state of MRI safety. Those, who are
learning about MRI or training in magnetic resonance in medicine,
will find the book a useful compendium of the current state of the
art of the field.
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