| Bioeffects
and Safety Hall C |
| M 1004. Intolerable Heating by Resonating RF Waves around Guidewires, M.K. Konings and C.J.G. Bakker, University Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands. |
| T 1005. Evaluation of Magnetic Force and Torque on Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit, R. Luechinger, F. Duru, M.B. Scheidegger, R. Candinas and P. Boesiger, University and ETH Zurich and University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. |
| W 1006. Safe Coaxial Cables, E. Atalar, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. |
| Th 1007. MRI Safety Evaluation of Electrosurgical Instruments: Assessment of Magnetic Interactions, Artifacts, and Heating, F.G. Shellock and A. Zwarun, ITI Medical Technologies, Westbury, NY, USA. |
| M 1008. Mathematical Model of Gradient Sound Spectra from Gradient Control Signal, B.D. Clymer and P. Schmalbrock, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. |
| T 1009. Artifact/Noise Suppression for Intramagnet Electrocardiogram Tracing, N. Pizzi, M. Alexander, M. Ede, R. Summers, R. Deslauriers and R. Somorjai, National Research Council Canada, Winnipeg, Canada. |
| W 1010. Evaluation of SAR using Surface Coils at 1.5T and 4.7T in 31P MRS using 3D Finite Element Methods, T. Prock, A.C. Woodward, D.J. Collins and M.O. Leach, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK. |
| Th 1011. Local SAR and Surface Heating Issues in a 31P MRS Clinical Trial using Adiabatic Pulses and Proton Decoupling with Surface Coils, A.J. Schwarz, M. Rijpkema, D.J. Collins, G.S. Payne, A.C. Woodward, H. van den Boogert, A. Heerschap and M.O. Leach, Institute of Cancer Research & Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, UK; University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. |
| M 1012. Modeling Frequency Dependence of SAR and Temperature Change in Tissue Due to a RF Decoupling Coil, J.W. Hand, J.J.W. Lagendijk, J.V. Hajnal and R.W. Lau, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK and University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. |
| T 1013. In vitro Evaluation of Teratogenic Effects by Time-varying MR-Gradient Fields on Fetal Human Fibroblasts, E.A. Rodegerdts, E.F. Grönewäller, P. Roth, F. Schick, R. Kehlbach, R. Gebert, J. Wiskirchen, C.D. Claussen and S.H. Duda, University of Tübingen, Germany. |
| W 1014. Specific Absorption Rate Study for Radio-Frequency Current Density Imaging, K. Beravs, R. Frange, U. Mikac and F. Demsar, Institute "Jozef Stefan" and University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
| Th 1015. Safety of MRI-Guided Endovascular Guidewire Applications, C-Y. Liu, K. Farahani, D.S.K. Lu and F. Shellock, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. |